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HistoryJan 04, 2023 - 12:00 a.m.

openSUSE 15 Security Update : multimon-ng (openSUSE-SU-2023:0004-1)

2023-01-0400:00:00
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opensuse
security update
multimon-ng
vulnerability
critical
demod_flex.c
format string
upgrade
cve-2020-36619

0.009 Low

EPSS

Percentile

82.3%

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2023:0004-1 advisory.

  • A vulnerability was found in multimon-ng. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function add_ch of the file demod_flex.c. The manipulation of the argument ch leads to format string. Upgrading to version 1.2.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is e5a51c508ef952e81a6da25b43034dd1ed023c07. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-216269 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-36619)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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
# openSUSE Security Update openSUSE-SU-2023:0004-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(169485);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-36619");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE 15 Security Update : multimon-ng (openSUSE-SU-2023:0004-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the
openSUSE-SU-2023:0004-1 advisory.

  - A vulnerability was found in multimon-ng. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function
    add_ch of the file demod_flex.c. The manipulation of the argument ch leads to format string. Upgrading to
    version 1.2.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is
    e5a51c508ef952e81a6da25b43034dd1ed023c07. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The
    identifier VDB-216269 was assigned to this vulnerability. (CVE-2020-36619)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1206542");
  # https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/L32DS6DZG7UVWWLTPMQBMKONSINMACOF/
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fee86e49");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-36619");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected multimon-ng package.");
  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-2020-36619");

  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:"2022/12/19");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/01/03");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/01/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:multimon-ng");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2023 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)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'openSUSE');
var _os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^SUSE([\d.]+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(_os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'openSUSE');
_os_ver = _os_ver[1];
if (os_release !~ "^(SUSE15\.3)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, 'openSUSE', '15.3', os_release);
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, 'openSUSE ' + _os_ver, cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'multimon-ng-1.2.0-bp153.2.3.1', 'release':'SUSE15.3', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var reference = NULL;
  var _release = NULL;
  var _cpu = 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['cpu'])) cpu = package_array['cpu'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'])) rpm_spec_vers_cmp = package_array['rpm_spec_vers_cmp'];
  if (reference && _release) {
    if (rpm_check(release:_release, 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, 'multimon-ng');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
novellopensusemultimon-ngp-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:multimon-ng
novellopensuse15.3cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.3

0.009 Low

EPSS

Percentile

82.3%