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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : sudo (SUSE-SU-2023:1698-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173727

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:1698-1 advisory.

- Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in log messages. (CVE-2023-28486)

- Sudo before 1.9.13 does not escape control characters in sudoreplay output. (CVE-2023-28487)

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 sudo, sudo-devel and / or sudo-plugin-python packages.

Plugin Details

Severity : Medium

ID : 173727

File Name : suse_SU-2023-1698-1.nasl

Version : 1.0

Type : local

Agent : unix

Family : SuSE Local Security Checks

Published : 3/31/2023

Updated : 3/31/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor : Low

Score : 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor : Medium

Base Score : 5

Temporal Score : 3.7

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

Temporal Vector : E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source : CVE-2023-28487

CVSS v3

Risk Factor : Medium

Base Score : 5.3

Temporal Score : 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE : p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sudo , p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sudo-devel , p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sudo-plugin-python , 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 : 3/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date : 3/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE : CVE-2023-28486 , CVE-2023-28487

SuSE : SUSE-SU-2023:1698-1

IAVA : 2023-A-0121