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openSUSE Security Update : syncthing (openSUSE-2018-45)

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The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for syncthing brings a new version and fixes the following issues :

 - Update to version 0.14.42 :

 - Discovering new files in a deleted directory does not resurrect the directory (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4475).

 - 'Panic: interface conversion: *errors.errorString is not net.Error' after restart (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4561).

 - Auto-accept shared directories from trusted devices (gh#syncthing/syncthing#2299).

 - Empty directories in .stversions should be removed (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4406).

 - Human readable errors on attempted deletion of a non-empty directory (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4476).

 - Add confirmation on the Remove Folder / Device button (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4543).

 - Update to version 0.14.41 :

 - Devices with ignored files stay 'synchronising' forever (gh#syncthing/syncthing#623).

 - No Global Discovery without Synch Protocol Listen Address (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4418).

 - Local network classification doesn't always work (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4421).

 - Hashed GUI password should not be rehashed (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4458).

 - Pulls not triggered correctly on reconnection (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4504).

 - A symlink/file replacement doesn't work properly (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4505).

 - File/directory replacement doesn't work properly (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4506).

 - Logging at info level and above should always include context (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4510).

 - Panic in 'pfilter' package on 32 bit architectures (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4537).

 - Allow synchronising read-only directories as 'Master Directories' (gh#syncthing/syncthing#1126).

 - 'Global Changes' button is confusing, retitle to 'Recent Changes' (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4326).

 - Dial device addresses in parallel (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4456).

 - Avoid lots and lots of announced addresses in the presence of symmetric NAT (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4519).

 - Split transport usage reporting per stack (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4463).

 - Update to version 0.14.40 :

 - Report more data part of the anonymous usage report (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3628)

 - Better report synchronisation errors (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4392).

 - Removing paused directories no longer causes a panic (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4405).

 - Make local IPv4 discovery more resilient against write failures (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4414).

 - Clearer logging around config failures at startup (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4431).

 - Do not complain about inability to fsync files (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4432).

 - Improve KCP connections (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4446).

 - Improve directory health checking (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4451).

 - Include built-in support for file system notifications, although it is disabled by default.

 - Enable by default the UDP based 'KCP' protocol.

 - Update to version 0.14.39 :

 - Removing paused directories no longer triggers a crash (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4357).

 - Add further security related HTTP headers (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4360).

 - Improve info level logging in some cases (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4375).

 - Improve GUI tooltips in chromium based browsers (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4377).

 - Add -device-id command line switch (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4387).

 - Failure to upgrade directory markers from file to directory type is no longer fatal.

 - Update to version 0.14.38 :

 - KCP connections are now more stable (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4063, gh#syncthing/syncthing#4343)

 - Hashing benchmarks are skipped if a manual selection has been forced (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4348).

 - Relay server RAM usage has been reduced (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4245).

 - Update to version 0.14.37 (changes since 0.14.32) :

 - Relative version paths are now correctly relative to the directory path (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4188).

 - Remote devices now show bytes remaining to synchronise (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4227).

 - Editing ignore patterns no longer incorrectly shows included patterns (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4249).

 - The new directory dialogue now suggests a default path.
 Adjustable via advanced config defaultFolderPath (gh#syncthing/syncthing#2157).

 - The build script no longer sets -installsuffix by default (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4272).

 - Prevent a vulnerability that allows file overwrite via versioned symlinks (CVE-2017-1000420, boo#1074428, gh#syncthing/syncthing#4286).

 - Symlinks are deleted from versioned directories on startup (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4288).

 - Directory paths are no longer reset when editing a directory without a label (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4297).

 - Better detect synchronisation conflicts that happen while synchronising (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3742, gh#syncthing/syncthing#4305).

 - Fix a crash related to a nil reference in ignore handling (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4300).

 - Stop requiring golang.org/x/net/context.

 - Update to version 0.14.32 :

 - 'Nearby devices' are now shown in the add device dialogue, avoiding the need to type their device ID (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4157).

 - Directories that were once ignored in a sharing request now actually work properly when later added manually (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4219).

 - Update to version 0.14.31 (changes since 0.14.29) :

 - Correctly clear warning 'path is a subdirectory of other folder' in directory dialogue (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3433).

 - Conflict copies filename now includes the ID of the last device to change the file (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3524).

 - Directories offered by other devices can now be ignored (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3993).

 - Changed device name takes effect with restart; device name is not sent to unknown devices (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4164).

 - Correctly show CPU usage when started with -no-restart option (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4183).

 - Icons and directory information in local device summary is consistent with that in directories (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4100).

 - Fix a data race in KCP & STUN (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4177).

 - Ignore patterns on newly accepted directories are no longer erroneously inherited from an earlier added directory (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4203).

 - Update to version 0.14.29 :

 - The layout of the global changes dialogue is improved (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3895).

 - Running as root or SYSTEM now triggers a warning recommending against it (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4123).

 - Changing the theme no longer causes an HTTP error (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4127).

 - Update to version 0.14.28 :

 - It is now possible to create custom event subscriptions via the REST API (gh#syncthing/syncthing#1879).

 - Removing large directories now uses less memory (gh#syncthing/syncthing#2250).

 - The minimum disc space (per directory and for the home drive) can now be set to an absolute value (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3307).

 - Pausing or reconfiguring a directory will no longer start extra scans. Pausing a directory stops scanning (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3965).

 - Ignore patterns can now be set at directory creation time, and for paused directories (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3996).

 - It is no longer possible to configure the GUI/API to listen on a privileged port using the standard settings dialogue (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4020).

 - The device allowed subnet list can now include negative ('!') entries to disallow subnets (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4096).

 - Doing 'Override changes' now uses less memory (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4112).

 - Require golang.org/x/net/context on openSUSE older than openSUSE Leap 15.x.

 - Update to version 0.14.27 :

 - Devices can now have a list of allowed subnets (advanced config) (gh#syncthing/syncthing#219).

 - The transfer rate units can now be changed by clicking on the value (gh#syncthing/syncthing#234).

 - UI text explaining 'Introducer' is improved (gh#syncthing/syncthing#1819).

 - Advanced config editor can now edit lists of things (gh#syncthing/syncthing#2267).

 - Directories created for new directories now obey the user umask setting (gh#syncthing/syncthing#2519).

 - Incoming index updates are consistency checked better (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4053).

 - Update to version 0.14.26 :

 - Discovery errors are more clearly displayed in the GUI (gh#syncthing/syncthing#2344).

 - The language dropdown menu in the GUI is now correctly sorted (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3913).

 - When there are items that could not be synced, their full path is displayed in the GUI.

 - Update to version 0.14.25 :

 - Improve 'Pause All'/'Resume All' icons (gh#syncthing/syncthing#4003).

 - There are now mips and mipsle builds by default (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3959).

 - The 'overwriting protected files' warning now correctly handles relative paths to the config directory (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3183).

 - The experimental KCP protocol for transfers over UDP has been merged, although it's not currently enabled by default (gh#syncthing/syncthing#804).

 - Update to version 0.14.24 :

 - lib/sync: Fix a race in unlocker logging (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3884).

 - Make links and log messages refer to https instead of http where possible (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3976).

 - The default number of parallel file processing routines per directory is now two (previously one), and the number of simultaneously outstanding network requests has been increased.

 - The UI now contains buttons to pause or resume all directories with a single action.

 - Update to version 0.14.23 (changes since 0.14.21) :

 - Leading and trailing spaces are no longer stripped in the GUI password field (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3935)

 - The GUI shows remaining amount of data to sync per directory (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3908).

 - There should no longer be empty entries in the global log (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3933).

 - Weak hashing is now by default only enabled when it makes sense from a performance point of view (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3938).

 - Update to version 0.14.21 (changes since 0.14.19) :

 - There is now a warning when adding a directory that is a parent of an existing directory (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3197).

 - Using -logfile flag together with -no-restart now causes an error instead of silently failing (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3912).

 - Weak hashing is now disabled completely when the threshold percentage is > 100 (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3891).

 - Rate limiting now actually works on ARM64 builds again (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3921).

 - Fix an issue where UPnP port allocations would be incorrect under some circumstances (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3924).

 - Weak hashing is a bit faster and allocates less memory.

 - The hashing performance reported at startup now includes weak hashing.

 - The GUI 'network error' dialogue no longer shows up as easily in some scenarios when using Syncthing behind a reverse proxy.

 - Update to version 0.14.19 :

 - Changing bandwidth rate limits now takes effect immediately without restart (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3846)

 - The event log (-audit) can now be directed to stderr for piping into an another application (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3859).

 - A panic on directory listing at startup has been fixed (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3584).

 - When a directory is deleted, the .stfolder marker is also removed. The ignore file and .stversions directory are retained, if present (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3857).

 - Several scenarios where a device would get stuck with 'not a directory' errors are now handled again (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3819).

 - Third-party copyrights in the about box are now more up to date (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3839).

 - Hashing performance has been improved (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3861)

 - Update to version 0.14.18 :

 - Fix connections to older Syncthing versions being no longer closed due to an unmarshalling message: 'proto:
 wrong wireType = 2 for field BlockIndexes' (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3855).

 - Update to version 0.14.17 :

 - Panics caused by corrupt on disc database are now better explained in the panic message (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3689).

 - Statically configured device addresses without port number now correctly defaulted to port 22000 again (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3817).

 - Inotify clients no longer cause 'invalid subpath' errors to be displayed (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3829).

 - Directories can now be paused (gh#syncthing/syncthing#215).

 - 'Master' directories are now called 'send only' in order to standardise on a terminology of sending and receiving changes (gh#syncthing/syncthing#2679).

 - Pausing devices and directories now persists across restarts (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3407).

 - A rolling checksum is used to identify and reuse blocks that have moved within a file (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3527).

 - Syncthing allows setting the type-of-service field on outgoing packets, configured by the advanced setting 'trafficClass' (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3790).

 - Which device introduced another device is now visible in the GUI (gh#syncthing/syncthing#3809).

Solution

Update the affected syncthing package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1074428

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106072

File Name: openSUSE-2018-45.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/16/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:syncthing

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000420