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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : librelp (SUSE-SU-2018:0822-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 108656

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for librelp fixes the following issues: CVE-2018-1000140 (bsc#1086730): librelp contained a stack-based buffer overflow in the checking of x509 certificates. A remote attacker with an access to the rsyslog logging facility could have exploited it by sending a specially crafted x509 certificate.

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 the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

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-SP3-2018-552=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-552=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086730

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000140/

http://www.nessus.org/u?59ba67f7

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 108656

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0822-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2018

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:librelp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:librelp0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:librelp0-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000140

IAVA: 2018-A-0202