SUSE SLES16 : Recommended update for cloud-init (SUSE-SU-SUSE-RU-2026:20192-1)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The package checks in this plugin were extracted from
# SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-SUSE-RU-2026:20192-1. The text itself
# is copyright (C) SUSE.
##

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(297842);
  script_version("1.1");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/02/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-6174", "CVE-2024-11584");
  script_xref(name:"SuSE", value:"SUSE-RU-2026:20192-1");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES16 : Recommended update for cloud-init (SUSE-SU-SUSE-RU-2026:20192-1)");

  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 SLES16 / SLES_SAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as
referenced in the SUSE-SU-SUSE-RU-2026:20192-1 advisory.

    Changes in cloud-init:

    - Fix dependency replace -serial with -pyserial

    - Drop unneeded test dependency on httpretty, fixed long ago
      * https://github.com/canonical/cloud-init/pull/1720

    - Update to version 25.1.3 (bsc#1245401 , CVE-2024-6174, bsc#1245403, CVE-2024-11584)

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/1245401");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1245403");
  # https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-February/043824.html
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ada62e0d");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11584");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-6174");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Update the affected cloud-init, cloud-init-config-suse and / or cloud-init-doc packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2024-11584");

  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:"2025/06/26");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2026/01/29");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/02/04");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cloud-init");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cloud-init-config-suse");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cloud-init-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:16");
  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) 2026 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, "SUSE");
var os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)(?:_SAP)?\d+)", string:os_release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, 'SUSE');
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES16|SLES_SAP16)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'SUSE SLES16 / SLES_SAP16', 'SUSE (' + 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 (' + os_ver + ')', cpu);

var service_pack = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(service_pack)) service_pack = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES16" && (! preg(pattern:"^(0)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES16 SP0", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);
if (os_ver == "SLES_SAP16" && (! preg(pattern:"^(0)$", string:service_pack))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES_SAP16 SP0", os_ver + " SP" + service_pack);

var pkgs = [
    {'reference':'cloud-init-25.1.3-160000.2.1', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES_SAP16', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-16.0']},
    {'reference':'cloud-init-config-suse-25.1.3-160000.2.1', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES_SAP16', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-16.0']},
    {'reference':'cloud-init-doc-25.1.3-160000.2.1', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES_SAP16', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE, 'exists_check':['SLES_SAP-release-16.0']},
    {'reference':'cloud-init-25.1.3-160000.2.1', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES16', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-16.0']},
    {'reference':'cloud-init-config-suse-25.1.3-160000.2.1', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES16', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-16.0']},
    {'reference':'cloud-init-doc-25.1.3-160000.2.1', 'sp':'0', 'release':'SLES16', 'rpm_spec_vers_cmp':TRUE, 'allowmaj':TRUE, 'exists_check':['sles-release-16.0']}
];

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_WARNING,
      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, 'cloud-init / cloud-init-config-suse / cloud-init-doc');
}