SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : systemd (SUSE-SU-2018:0299-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106529

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for systemd fixes several issues. This security issue was fixed :

- CVE-2018-1049: Prevent race that can lead to DoS when using automounts (bsc#1076308).

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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 Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-213=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2018-213=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-213=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-213=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-213=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-213=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-213=1

SUSE CaaS Platform ALL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-CAASP-ALL-2018-213=1

OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2018-213=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048510

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1065276

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066156

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068251

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1070428

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1071558

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074254

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1075724

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076308

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=897422

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15908/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1049/

http://www.nessus.org/u?711b8113

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106529

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0299-1.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/31/2018

Updated: 1/13/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:systemd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:udev-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libudev1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsystemd0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libudev1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libudev1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:systemd-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:udev, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:systemd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:systemd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsystemd0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsystemd0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:systemd-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsystemd0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libudev1-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:systemd-sysvinit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15908, CVE-2018-1049