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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python-Twisted (SUSE-SU-2017:0114-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 119991

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for python-Twisted fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2016-1000111: sets environmental variable HTTP_PROXY based on user supplied Proxy request header (bsc#989997)

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 YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-12-2017-56=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2017-56=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-3-2017-56=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=989997

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000111/

http://www.nessus.org/u?2e190cd5

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 119991

File Name: suse_SU-2017-0114-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/2/2019

Updated: 7/11/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1000111

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-twisted, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-twisted-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-twisted-debugsource

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: 1/12/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1000111