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SUSE SLED12 Security Update : libwpd (SUSE-SU-2018:3812-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 119042

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for libwpd fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2018-19208: Fixed illegal address access inside libwpd at function WP6ContentListener:defineTable (bsc#1115713).

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 Workstation Extension 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2018-2706=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-2706=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2706=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115713

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-19208/

http://www.nessus.org/u?934e79cc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 119042

File Name: suse_SU-2018-3812-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/20/2018

Updated: 7/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19208

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:libwpd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwpd-0_10-10-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwpd-0_10

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: 11/19/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19208