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SUSE SLED15: eclipse-jgit / jgit / jgit-javadoc / jsch / jsch-demo / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:0057-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187724

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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-2024:0057-1 advisory.

 Security fix:
 - CVE-2023-4759: Fixed an arbitrary file overwrite which might have occurred with a specially crafted git repository and a case-insensitive filesystem. (bsc#1215298)

 Other fixes:
 jsch was updated to version 0.2.9:
 - Added support for various algorithms
 - Migrated from `com.jcraft:jsch` to `com.github.mwiede:jsch` fork (bsc#1211955):
 * Alias to the old artifact since the new one is drop-in replacement
 * Keep the old OSGi bundle symbolic name to avoid extensive patching of eclipse stack
 - Updated to version 0.2.9:
 * For the full list of changes please consult the upstream changelogs below for each version updated:
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.2.9
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.2.8
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.2.7
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.2.6
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.2.5
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.2.4
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.2.3
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.2.2
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.2.1
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.2.0
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.71
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.70
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.69
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.68
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.67
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.66
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.65
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.64
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.63
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.62
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.61
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.60
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.59
 - https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.58 + https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.57 + https://github.com/mwiede/jsch/releases/tag/jsch-0.1.56

 eclipse-jgit:

 - Craft the jgit script from the real Main class of the jar file instead of using a jar launcher (bsc#1209646)

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/1209646

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1211955

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1215298

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4759

http://www.nessus.org/u?e8e7b0ee

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187724

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0057-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/9/2024

Updated: 6/25/2026

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: 6.9

Percentile: 97.07

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4759

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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:jsch, 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: 1/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4759

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0057-1