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SUSE SLED15: cpp7 / cross-nvptx-gcc7 / cross-nvptx-newlib7-devel / gcc7 / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:3686-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 181658

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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 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3686-1 advisory.

 Security issue fixed:

 - CVE-2023-4039: Fixed incorrect stack protector for C99 VLAs on Aarch64 (bsc#1214052).

 Other fixes:

 - Fixed KASAN kernel compile. [bsc#1205145]
 - Fixed ICE with C++17 code as reported in [bsc#1204505]
 - Fixed altivec.h redefining bool in C++ which makes bool unusable (bsc#1195517):
 - Adjust gnats idea of the target, fixing the build of gprbuild. [bsc#1196861]

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1195517

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1196861

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1204505

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1205145

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214052

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4039

http://www.nessus.org/u?0da247b3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 181658

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3686-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/20/2023

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: 4.1

Percentile: 53.34

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4039

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libubsan0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc7, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libasan4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libada7, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcilkrts5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc7-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc7-ada, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc7-c%2b%2b-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgfortran4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libstdc%2b%2b6-devel-gcc7-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc7-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libasan4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc7-fortran-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc7-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libstdc%2b%2b6-devel-gcc7, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgfortran4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc7-c%2b%2b, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcilkrts5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc7-objc, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cross-nvptx-gcc7, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc7-fortran, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libubsan0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cpp7, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cross-nvptx-newlib7-devel

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: 9/19/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4039

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3686-1