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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : dnsmasq (SUSE-SU-2023:2123-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 175328

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2123-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-28450: Fixed default maximum size for EDNS.0 UDP packets (bsc#1209358).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected dnsmasq package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1209358

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28450

http://www.nessus.org/u?a4e99f30

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 175328

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2123-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/9/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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: 5/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28450

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2123-1