SUSE SLES12 Security Update : postfix (SUSE-SU-2023:3732-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181825

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3732-1 advisory.

Security fixes:

- CVE-2023-32182: Fixed config_postfix SUSE specific script using potentially bad /tmp file (bsc#1211196).

Other fixes:

- postfix: config.postfix causes too tight permission on main.cf (bsc#1215372).

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 postfix, postfix-devel, postfix-doc and / or postfix-mysql packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181825

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3732-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/23/2023

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-32182

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:postfix, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postfix-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postfix-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:postfix-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: 9/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32182

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3732-1

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