SUSE SLES15 Security Update : rmt-server (SUSE-SU-2023:2280-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176351

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:2280-1 advisory.

Updated to version 2.13:
- CVE-2023-28120: Fixed a potential XSS issue in an embedded dependency (bsc#1209507).
- CVE-2023-27530: Fixed a denial of service issue in multipart request parsing (bsc#1209096).

Non-security fixes:
- Fixed transactional update on GCE (bsc#1211398).
- Use HTTPS in rmt-client-setup-res (bsc#1209825).
- Various build fixes (bsc#1207670, bsc#1203171, bsc#1206593, bsc#1202053).

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 rmt-server, rmt-server-config and / or rmt-server-pubcloud packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176351

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2280-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/25/2023

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: 3.6

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-2023-27530

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rmt-server-pubcloud, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rmt-server, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rmt-server-config

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: 5/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27530, CVE-2023-28120

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2280-1

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