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openSUSE Security Update : rpm (openSUSE-2018-1246)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118382

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for rpm fixes the following issues :

These security issues were fixed :

 - CVE-2017-7500: rpm did not properly handle RPM installations when a destination path was a symbolic link to a directory, possibly changing ownership and permissions of an arbitrary directory, and RPM files being placed in an arbitrary destination (bsc#943457).

 - CVE-2017-7501: rpm used temporary files with predictable names when installing an RPM. An attacker with ability to write in a directory where files will be installed could create symbolic links to an arbitrary location and modify content, and possibly permissions to arbitrary files, which could be used for denial of service or possibly privilege escalation (bsc#943457)

This non-security issue was fixed :

 - Use ksym-provides tool [bsc#1077692]

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

Solution

Update the affected rpm packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1077692

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=943457

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118382

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1246.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/25/2018

Updated: 7/29/2024

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7500

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7501

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rpm-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rpm-python-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rpm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-rpm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-rpm-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rpm-build-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python3-rpm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rpm-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rpm-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rpm-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rpm-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rpm-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rpm-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rpm-build

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: 10/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7500, CVE-2017-7501