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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : indent (SUSE-SU-2023:3433-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 180306
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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 a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3433-1 advisory.- CVE-2023-40305: Fixed a memory safety issues bug. (bsc#1214243)
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 indent package.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214243
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 180306
File Name: suse_SU-2023-3433-1.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 8/30/2023
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: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-40305
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
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:indent
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: 8/24/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-40305
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3433-1