SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xrdp (SUSE-SU-2023:0374-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 171404

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0374-1 advisory.

- CVE-2022-23468: Fixed a buffer overflow in xrdp_login_wnd_create() (bsc#1206300).
- CVE-2022-23478: Fixed an out of bound write in xrdp_mm_trans_process_drdynvc_chan() (bsc#1206302).
- CVE-2022-23479: Fixed a buffer overflow in xrdp_mm_chan_data_in() (bsc#1206303).
- CVE-2022-23480: Fixed a buffer overflow in devredir_proc_client_devlist_announce_req() (bsc#1206306).
- CVE-2022-23481: Fixed an out of bound read in xrdp_caps_process_confirm_active() (bsc#1206307).
- CVE-2022-23482: Fixed an out of bound read in xrdp_sec_process_mcs_data_CS_CORE() (bsc#1206310, bsc#1206621).
- CVE-2022-23483: Fixed an out of bound read in libxrdp_send_to_channel() (bsc#1206311).
- CVE-2022-23484: Fixed a integer overflow in xrdp_mm_process_rail_update_window_text() (bsc#1206312).
- CVE-2022-23493: Fixed an out of bound read in xrdp_mm_trans_process_drdynvc_channel_close() (bsc#1206313).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected xrdp package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 171404

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0374-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/14/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-23484

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xrdp

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-23468, CVE-2022-23478, CVE-2022-23479, CVE-2022-23480, CVE-2022-23481, CVE-2022-23482, CVE-2022-23483, CVE-2022-23484, CVE-2022-23493

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0374-1

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