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SUSE SLED12 Security Update : ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs (SUSE-SU-2018:3587-2)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119672

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs fixes the following issues :

CVE-2017-0358: Missing sanitization of the environment during a call to modprobe allowed local users to escalate fo root privilege (bsc#1022500)

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-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP4-2018-2543=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2018-2543=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2018-2543=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1022500

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-0358/

http://www.nessus.org/u?bcf23614

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119672

File Name: suse_SU-2018-3587-2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2018

Updated: 7/16/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-0358

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libntfs-3g84-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libntfs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntfs-3g-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntfsprogs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntfs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntfs-3g_ntfsprogs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ntfsprogs-debuginfo

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: 12/13/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2018

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Metasploit (Debian/Ubuntu ntfs-3g Local Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0358