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SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : xerces-c (SUSE-SU-2023:4715-1)

2023-12-1200:00:00
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6
suse
opensuse
security update
xerces-c
integer overflow
remote attacker
http request
cve-2023-37536
libxerces-c-3_1
libxerces-c-3_1-32bit
libxerces-c-devel
nessus
vulnerabilities
patch

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.0%

The remote SUSE Linux SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4715-1 advisory.

  • An integer overflow in xerces-c++ 3.2.3 in BigFix Platform allows remote attackers to cause out-of-bound access via HTTP request. (CVE-2023-37536)

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
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2023:4715-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(186747);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/12/12");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-37536");
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-SU-2023:4715-1");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : xerces-c (SUSE-SU-2023:4715-1)");

  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 SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability
as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4715-1 advisory.

  - An integer overflow in xerces-c++ 3.2.3 in BigFix Platform allows remote attackers to cause out-of-bound
    access via HTTP request. (CVE-2023-37536)

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/1216156");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2023-December/033062.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-37536");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected libxerces-c-3_1, libxerces-c-3_1-32bit and / or libxerces-c-devel packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:L/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-2023-37536");

  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:"2023/10/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2023/12/11");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2023/12/12");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-3_1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-3_1-32bit");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
  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|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:"^(SLES15|SLES_SAP15|SUSE15\.4)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE 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 == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP2/3", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(2|3)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP15 SP2/3", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES_SAP15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-3']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-3']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-ESPOS-release-3']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'aarch64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'3', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLE_HPC-LTSS-release-15.3', 'sles-ltss-release-15.3']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-32bit-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'cpu':'x86_64', 'release':'SUSE15.4', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['openSUSE-release-15.4']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-devel-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'2', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.2']},
    {'reference':'libxerces-c-3_1-3.1.4-150200.10.8.2', 'sp':'3', 'release':'SLES15', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-ltss-release-15.3']}
];

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;
        if ('ltss' >< tolower(check)) ltss_caveat_required = TRUE;
        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)
{
  var ltss_plugin_caveat = NULL;
  if(ltss_caveat_required) ltss_plugin_caveat = '\n' +
    'NOTE: This vulnerability check contains fixes that apply to\n' +
    'packages only available in SUSE Enterprise Linux Server LTSS\n' +
    'repositories. Access to these package security updates require\n' +
    'a paid SUSE LTSS subscription.\n';
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
      extra      : rpm_report_get() + ltss_plugin_caveat
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'libxerces-c-3_1 / libxerces-c-3_1-32bit / libxerces-c-devel');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
novellsuse_linuxlibxerces-c-3_1p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-3_1
novellsuse_linuxlibxerces-c-3_1-32bitp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-3_1-32bit
novellsuse_linuxlibxerces-c-develp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxerces-c-devel
novellsuse_linux15cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

8.8 High

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

6.8 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.007 Low

EPSS

Percentile

80.0%