SUSE SLES12 Security Update : docker (SUSE-SU-2023:3307-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179830

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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-2023:3307-1 advisory.

- Update to v20.10.25-ce
- CVE-2023-28840: Fixed a bug where an attacker could inject arbitrary Ethernet frames to execute a Denial of Service attack. (bsc#1214107)
- CVE-2023-28841: Fixed a bug which allows an attacker to sit in a trusted position on the network and read all of the application traffic that is moving across the overlay network, resulting in unexpected secrets or user data disclosure (bsc#1214108)
- CVE-2023-28842: Fixed a bug which allows an attacker to inject arbitrary Ethernet frames into the encrypted overlay network by encapsulating them in VXLAN datagrams. (bsc#1214109)

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 docker package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179830

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3307-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/15/2023

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: 4.8

Percentile: 57.62

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28840

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 8/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28840, CVE-2023-28841, CVE-2023-28842

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3307-1

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