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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2018:1562-2)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 118259
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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 :CVE-2017-18269: Fix SSE2 memmove issue when crossing 2GB boundary (bsc#1094150)
CVE-2018-11236: Fix overflow in path length computation (bsc#1094161)
CVE-2018-11237: Don't write beyond buffer destination in
__mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper (bsc#1094154)
Non security bugs fixed: Fix crash in resolver on memory allocation failure (bsc#1086690)
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-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-1077=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086690
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094150
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094154
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094161
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18269/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11236/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 118259
File Name: suse_SU-2018-1562-2.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/22/2018
Updated: 7/30/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous 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: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-11236
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:glibc-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc
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: 10/18/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2018