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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : shim (SUSE-SU-2023:1702-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 173734

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:1702-1 advisory.

- shim: Buffer overflow when loading crafted EFI images (CVE-2022-28737)

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 shim package.

Plugin Details

Severity : High

ID : 173734

File Name : suse_SU-2023-1702-1.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 : Medium

Score : 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor : High

Base Score : 7.2

Temporal Score : 5.3

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

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

CVSS Score Source : CVE-2022-28737

CVSS v3

Risk Factor : High

Base Score : 8.4

Temporal Score : 7.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE : p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:shim , 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 : 6/16/2022

Reference Information

CVE : CVE-2022-28737

SuSE : SUSE-SU-2023:1702-1