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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : mdadm (SUSE-SU-2023:3953-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 182503

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3953-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-28736: Fixed a buffer overflow (bsc#1214244).
 - CVE-2023-28938: Fixed uncontrolled resource consumption (bsc#1214245).

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 mdadm package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214244

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1214245

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28736

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-28938

http://www.nessus.org/u?f13ad4db

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 182503

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3953-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/4/2023

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28736

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mdadm, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 10/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28736, CVE-2023-28938

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3953-1