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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : traceroute (SUSE-SU-2023:4623-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186502

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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 a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4623-1 advisory.

 - In buc Traceroute 2.0.12 through 2.1.2 before 2.1.3, the wrapper scripts do not properly parse command lines. (CVE-2023-46316)

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 traceroute package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216591

http://www.nessus.org/u?2a49d2e9

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-46316

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186502

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4623-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/1/2023

Updated: 1/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46316

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 11/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/25/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-46316

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4623-1