SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libzypp, zypper (SUSE-SU-2018:2716-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 118289

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for libzypp, zypper provides the following fixes :

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

Security issue fixed: Improve signature check callback messages (bsc#1045735, CVE-2017-9269)

add/modify repo: Add options to tune the GPG check settings (bsc#1045735, CVE-2017-9269)

Other bugs fixed: XML <install-summary> attribute `packages-to-change` added (bsc#1102429) </install-summary>

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)

do not recommend cron (bsc#1079334)

Improve signature check callback messages (bsc#1045735)

add/modify repo: Add options to tune the GPG check settings (bsc#1045735)

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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-2018-1905=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 118289

File Name: suse_SU-2018-2716-2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/22/2018

Updated: 2/4/2022

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9269

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper-debugsource

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: 10/18/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9269, CVE-2018-7685

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