SUSE SLES11 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2018:0874-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 108871

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for glibc fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2017-12133: Avoid use-after-free read access in clntudp_call (bsc#1081556) Non security issue fixed :

- Fix incorrect getaddrinfo assertion trigger (bsc#1076871)

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 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-glibc-13548=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-glibc-13548=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-glibc-13548=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1076871

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081556

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12133/

http://www.nessus.org/u?51687111

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 108871

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0874-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/6/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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: 4/5/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12133