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SUSE SLED15: netty / netty-javadoc / netty-poms / netty-tcnative / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:4163-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 183856

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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 packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4163-1 advisory.

 - Updated netty to version 4.1.100:

 - CVE-2023-44487: Fixed a potential denial of service scenario via RST frame floods (bsc#1216169).

 - Updated netty-tcnative to version 2.0.62 Final.

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/1216169

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-44487

http://www.nessus.org/u?66415177

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 183856

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4163-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7

Percentile: 98.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:netty-tcnative, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:netty, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:netty-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:netty-poms

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: 10/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44487

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4163-1