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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-ujson (SUSE-SU-2023:2134-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 175535

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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-2023:2134-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2021-45958: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow in Buffer_AppendIndentUnchecked (bsc#1194261).

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 python2-ujson and / or python3-ujson packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1194261

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-45958

http://www.nessus.org/u?edf284ea

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 175535

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2134-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/13/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-45958

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Threat Score: 5.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-ujson, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python2-ujson

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: 5/9/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/1/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-45958

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2134-1