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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : maven and recommended update for antlr3, minlog, sbt, xmvn (SUSE-SU-2023:2097-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 175367

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2097-1 advisory.

 - In logback version 1.2.7 and prior versions, an attacker with the required privileges to edit configurations files could craft a malicious configuration allowing to execute arbitrary code loaded from LDAP servers. (CVE-2021-42550)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1193795

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-42550

http://www.nessus.org/u?270d3d15

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 175367

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2097-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/10/2023

Updated: 7/14/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42550

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:maven, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:maven-lib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:minlog, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xmvn, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xmvn-api, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xmvn-connector, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xmvn-core, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xmvn-install, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xmvn-minimal, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xmvn-mojo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xmvn-resolve, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xmvn-subst, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/16/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42550

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2097-1