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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : nghttp2 (SUSE-SU-2023:3842-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182096

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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-2023:3842-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-35945: Fixed memory leak when PUSH_PROMISE or HEADERS frame cannot be sent (bsc#1215713).

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 libnghttp2-14, libnghttp2-14-32bit and / or libnghttp2-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215713

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-35945

http://www.nessus.org/u?bd28f859

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182096

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3842-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/28/2023

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: 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-2023-35945

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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnghttp2-14-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnghttp2-14, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnghttp2-devel

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: 9/27/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-35945

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3842-1