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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : ecryptfs-utils (SUSE-SU-2018:0336-1)
low Nessus Plugin ID 106577
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for ecryptfs-utils fixes the following issues :- CVE-2015-8946: ecryptfs-setup-swap improperly configures encrypted swap when using GPT partitioning (bsc#989121)
- CVE-2016-6224: ecryptfs-setup-swap improperly configures encrypted swap when using GPT partitioning on a NVMe or MMC drive (bsc#989122)
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 Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2018-234=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-234=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-234=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-234=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2018-234=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989121
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989122
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8946/
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 106577
File Name: suse_SU-2018-0336-1.nasl
Version: 3.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 2/2/2018
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: 1.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.1
Temporal Score: 1.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 2.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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:ecryptfs-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ecryptfs-utils-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ecryptfs-utils-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ecryptfs-utils-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ecryptfs-utils-debuginfo
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: 2/1/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2015-8946, CVE-2016-6224