CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AI Score
Confidence
High
The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3216-1 advisory.
- CVE-2024-45492: integer overflow in function nextScaffoldPart. (bsc#1229932)
- CVE-2024-45491: integer overflow in dtdCopy. (bsc#1229931)
- CVE-2024-45490: negative length for XML_ParseBuffer not rejected. (bsc#1229930)
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.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2024:3216-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(207217);
script_version("1.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/09/13");
script_cve_id("CVE-2024-45490", "CVE-2024-45491", "CVE-2024-45492");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2024-A-0543");
script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2024:3216-1");
script_name(english:"SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : expat (SUSE-SU-2024:3216-1)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are
affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3216-1 advisory.
- CVE-2024-45492: integer overflow in function nextScaffoldPart. (bsc#1229932)
- CVE-2024-45491: integer overflow in dtdCopy. (bsc#1229931)
- CVE-2024-45490: negative length for XML_ParseBuffer not rejected. (bsc#1229930)
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.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229930");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229931");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1229932");
# https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2024-September/019424.html
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?029e658f");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45490");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45491");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45492");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected packages.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-45492");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2024/08/30");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/09/12");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/09/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:expat");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexpat-devel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexpat1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libexpat1-32bit");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
exit(0);
}
include('rpm.inc');
if (!get_kb_item('Host/local_checks_enabled')) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
var os_release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(os_release) || os_release !~ "^(SLED|SLES|SUSE)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE / openSUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)(?:_SAP)?\d+|SUSE([\d.]+))", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE / openSUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLED15|SLED_SAP15|SLES15|SLES_SAP15|SUSE15\.5|SUSE15\.6)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15', 'SUSE / openSUSE (' + os_ver + ')');
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 's390' >!< cpu && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'SUSE / openSUSE (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);
var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLED15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5|6)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED15 SP5/6", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLED_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5|6)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED_SAP15 SP5/6", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5|6)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP5/6", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5|6)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP15 SP5/6", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
var pkgs = [
{'reference':'expat-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'expat-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'expat-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'expat-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'expat-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'expat-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'5', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.5', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.5', 'sled-release-15.5', 'sles-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'expat-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.6', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.6', 'sled-release-15.6', 'sles-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'expat-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.6', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.6', 'sled-release-15.6', 'sles-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.6', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.6', 'sled-release-15.6', 'sles-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.6', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.6', 'sled-release-15.6', 'sles-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.6', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.6', 'sled-release-15.6', 'sles-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.6', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.6', 'sled-release-15.6', 'sles-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLED15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.6', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.6', 'sled-release-15.6', 'sles-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'sp':'6', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-release-15.6', 'sle-module-basesystem-release-15.6', 'sled-release-15.6', 'sles-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'expat-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.5', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.5']},
{'reference':'expat-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'release':'SUSE15.6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'release':'SUSE15.6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat-devel-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'release':'SUSE15.6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.6']},
{'reference':'libexpat1-32bit-2.4.4-150400.3.22.1', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.6', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.6']}
];
var ltss_caveat_required = FALSE;
var flag = 0;
foreach var package_array ( pkgs ) {
var reference = NULL;
var _release = NULL;
var sp = NULL;
var _cpu = NULL;
var exists_check = NULL;
var rpm_spec_vers_cmp = NULL;
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['sp'])) sp = package_array['sp'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['cpu'])) _cpu = package_array['cpu'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['exists_check'])) exists_check = package_array['exists_check'];
if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
if (reference && _release) {
if (exists_check) {
var check_flag = 0;
foreach var check (exists_check) {
if (!rpm_exists(release:_release, rpm:check)) continue;
check_flag++;
}
if (!check_flag) continue;
}
if (rpm_check(release:_release, sp:sp, cpu:_cpu, reference:reference, rpm_spec_vers_cmp:rpm_spec_vers_cmp)) flag++;
}
}
if (flag)
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_HOLE,
extra : rpm_report_get()
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
var tested = pkg_tests_get();
if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'expat / libexpat-devel / libexpat-devel-32bit / libexpat1 / etc');
}
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-45490
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-45491
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-45492
www.nessus.org/u?029e658f
bugzilla.suse.com/1229930
bugzilla.suse.com/1229931
bugzilla.suse.com/1229932
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45490
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45491
www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45492