openSUSE Security Update : libzypp / zypper (openSUSE-2018-1054)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117796

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libzypp, zypper fixes the following issues :

Update libzypp to version 16.17.20 :

Security issues fixed :

- PackageProvider: Validate delta rpms before caching (bsc#1091624, bsc#1088705, CVE-2018-7685)

- PackageProvider: Validate downloaded rpm package signatures before caching (bsc#1091624, bsc#1088705, CVE-2018-7685)

Other bugs fixed :

- lsof: use '-K i' if lsof supports it (bsc#1099847, bsc#1036304)

- Handle http error 502 Bad Gateway in curl backend (bsc#1070851)

- RepoManager: Explicitly request repo2solv to generate application pseudo packages.

- libzypp-devel should not require cmake (bsc#1101349)

- HardLocksFile: Prevent against empty commit without Target having been been loaded (bsc#1096803)

- Avoid zombie tar processes (bsc#1076192)

Update to zypper to version 1.13.45 :

Other bugs fixed :

- XML <install-summary> attribute `packages-to-change` added (bsc#1102429)

- man: Strengthen that `--config FILE' affects zypper.conf, not zypp.conf (bsc#1100028)

- Prevent nested calls to exit() if aborted by a signal (bsc#1092413)

- ansi.h: Prevent ESC sequence strings from going out of scope (bsc#1092413)

- Fix: zypper bash completion expands non-existing options (bsc#1049825)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP3:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libzypp / zypper packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117796

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1054.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/27/2018

Updated: 8/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-7685

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzypp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzypp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zypper-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zypper-log, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libzypp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zypper-aptitude, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zypper, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:zypper-debugsource

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7685

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