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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : sudo (SUSE-SU-2023:1700-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 173733

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:1700-1 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 package.

Plugin Details

Severity : Medium

ID : 173733

File Name : suse_SU-2023-1700-1.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 , cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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-2023:1700-1

IAVA : 2023-A-0121