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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : cups (SUSE-SU-2018:4089-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119650

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for cups fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2018-4700: Fixed extremely predictable cookie generation that is effectively breaking the CSRF protection of the CUPS web interface (bsc#1115750).

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 Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2018-2917=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-2917=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-2917=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2917=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2018-2917=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2917=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1115750

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-4700/

http://www.nessus.org/u?da802a57

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119650

File Name: suse_SU-2018-4089-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2018

Updated: 7/16/2024

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-client, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups

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: 12/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/5/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-4700