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SUSE SLES15: krb5 / krb5-32bit / krb5-client / krb5-devel / krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap / etc (SUSE-SU-2024:1006-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192662

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:1006-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2024-26458: Fixed memory leak at /krb5/src/lib/rpc/pmap_rmt.c (bsc#1220770).
 - CVE-2024-26461: Fixed memory leak at /krb5/src/lib/gssapi/krb5/k5sealv3.c (bsc#1220771).

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1220770

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1220771

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26458

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-26461

http://www.nessus.org/u?0a316009

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192662

File Name: suse_SU-2024-1006-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/28/2024

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26461

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-26458

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-preauth-otp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-kdb-ldap, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-plugin-preauth-pkinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:krb5-client

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: 3/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/29/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-26458, CVE-2024-26461

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:1006-1