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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : net-snmp (SUSE-SU-2018:3447-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 118456
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for net-snmp fixes the following issues :Security issues fixed :
CVE-2018-18065: _set_key in agent/helpers/table_container.c had a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by an authenticated attacker to remotely cause the instance to crash via a crafted UDP packet, resulting in Denial of Service. (bsc#1111122)
Non-security issues fixed: swintst_rpm: Protect against unspecified Group name (bsc#1102775)
Add tsm and tlstm MIBs and the USM security module. (bsc#1081164)
Fix agentx freezing on timeout (bsc#1027353)
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 OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-2461=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-2461=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-2461=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2461=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-2461=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2018-2461=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2018-2461=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2461=1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2018-2461=1
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 :
To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1027353
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1081164
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1102775
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111122
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 118456
File Name: suse_SU-2018-3447-1.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/26/2018
Updated: 7/29/2024
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: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4
Temporal Score: 3.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18065
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:perl-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:snmp-mibs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsnmp30-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsnmp30, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:net-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:net-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:net-snmp-debugsource
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: 10/25/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-18065