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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : taglib (SUSE-SU-2025:4501-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 279597

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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-2025:4501-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-47466: application crash when processing specially crafted WAV files during tag writing operations (bsc#1243499).

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/1243499

http://www.nessus.org/u?cca58c69

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-47466

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 279597

File Name: suse_SU-2025-4501-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/23/2025

Updated: 12/23/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-47466

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:taglib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtag-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtag_c0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtag1, 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: 12/19/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-47466

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2025:4501-1