SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : cpio (SUSE-SU-2024:0238-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 189719

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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-2024:0238-1 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 cpio, cpio-lang and / or cpio-mt packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1218571

http://www.nessus.org/u?cc470284

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-7207

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 189719

File Name: suse_SU-2024-0238-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2024

Updated: 2/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-7207

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cpio, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cpio-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cpio-mt, 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: 1/26/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-7207

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:0238-1