SUSE SLED12 Security Update : drm (SUSE-SU-2018:0509-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106943

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for drm provides the following fixes: This security issue was fixed :

- CVE-2017-10810: Memory leak in the virtio_gpu_object_create function in drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_object.c allowed attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering object-initialization failures (bnc#1047277)

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 Workstation Extension 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2018-337=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-337=1

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106943

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0509-1.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/22/2018

Updated: 9/10/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

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:drm-kmp-default-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:drm-kmp-default

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: 2/21/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-10810

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