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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : patch (SUSE-SU-2018:1128-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 109549
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for patch fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed :- CVE-2018-1000156: Malicious patch files cause ed to execute arbitrary commands (bsc#1088420).
- CVE-2018-6951: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c (bsc#1080918).
- CVE-2016-10713: Fixed out-of-bounds access within pch_write_line() in pch.c (bsc#1080918).
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 Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-777=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-777=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1080918
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1080951
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1088420
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10713/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1000156/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 109549
File Name: suse_SU-2018-1128-1.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/3/2018
Updated: 10/14/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000156
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:patch-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:patch, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:patch-debuginfo
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2018