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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libapr-util1 (SUSE-SU-2018:0307-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 106532

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for libapr-util1 fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2017-12618: DoS via crafted SDBM database files in apr_sdbm*() functions (bsc#1064990)

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 Studio Onsite 1.3:zypper in -t patch slestso13-libapr-util1-13450=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libapr-util1-13450=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-libapr-util1-13450=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libapr-util1-13450=1

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064990

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12618/

http://www.nessus.org/u?421d790f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 106532

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0307-1.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/31/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libapr-util1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libapr-util1-dbd-sqlite3

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: 10/24/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12618