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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : dnsmasq (SUSE-SU-2017:2618-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 103639
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for dnsmasq fixes the following security issues :- CVE-2017-14491: 2 byte heap based overflow.
[bsc#1060354]
- CVE-2017-14492: heap based overflow. [bsc#1060355]
- CVE-2017-14493: stack based overflow. [bsc#1060360]
- CVE-2017-14494: DHCP - info leak. [bsc#1060361]
- CVE-2017-14495: DNS - OOM DoS. [bsc#1060362]
- CVE-2017-14496: DNS - DoS Integer underflow.
[bsc#1060364]
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2017-1615=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-2017-1615=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2017-1615=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1615=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1615=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1615=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-1615=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1615=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1615=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060354
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060355
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060360
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060361
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060362
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060364
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14491/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14492/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14493/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14494/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14495/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 103639
File Name: suse_SU-2017-2618-1.nasl
Version: 3.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/3/2017
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dnsmasq, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dnsmasq-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dnsmasq-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2017
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-14491, CVE-2017-14492, CVE-2017-14493, CVE-2017-14494, CVE-2017-14495, CVE-2017-14496
IAVA: 2017-A-0284-S