SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libzypp, zypper (SUSE-SU-2018:2690-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 120097

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Synopsis

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Description

This update for libzypp, zypper, libsolv provides the following fixes :

Security fixes in libzypp :

CVE-2018-7685: PackageProvider: Validate RPMs before caching (bsc#1091624, bsc#1088705)

CVE-2017-9269: Be sure bad packages do not stay in the cache (bsc#1045735)

Changes in libzypp: Update to version 17.6.4

Automatically fetch repository signing key from gpgkey url (bsc#1088037)

lsof: use '-K i' if lsof supports it (bsc#1099847,bsc#1036304)

Check for not imported keys after multi key import from rpmdb (bsc#1096217)

Flags: make it std=c++14 ready

Ignore /var, /tmp and /proc in zypper ps. (bsc#1096617)

Show GPGME version in log

Adapt to changes in libgpgme11-11.1.0 breaking the signature verification (bsc#1100427)

RepoInfo::provideKey: add report telling where we look for missing keys.

Support listing gpgkey URLs in repo files (bsc#1088037)

Add new report to request user approval for importing a package key

Handle http error 502 Bad Gateway in curl backend (bsc#1070851)

Add filesize check for downloads with known size (bsc#408814)

Removed superfluous space in translation (bsc#1102019)

Prevent the system from sleeping during a commit

RepoManager: Explicitly request repo2solv to generate application pseudo packages.

libzypp-devel should not require cmake (bsc#1101349)

Avoid zombies from ExternalProgram

Update ApiConfig

HardLocksFile: Prevent against empty commit without Target having been been loaded (bsc#1096803)

lsof: use '-K i' if lsof supports it (bsc#1099847)

Add filesize check for downloads with known size (bsc#408814)

Fix detection of metalink downloads and prevent aborting if a metalink file is larger than the expected data file.

Require libsolv-devel >= 0.6.35 during build (fixing bsc#1100095)

Make use of %license macro (bsc#1082318)

Security fix in zypper: CVE-2017-9269: Improve signature check callback messages (bsc#1045735)

Changes in zypper: Always set error status if any nr of unknown repositories are passed to lr and ref (bsc#1093103)

Notify user about unsupported rpm V3 keys in an old rpm database (bsc#1096217)

Detect read only filesystem on system modifying operations (fixes #199)

Use %license (bsc#1082318)

Handle repo aliases containing multiple ':' in the PackageArgs parser (bsc #1041178)

Fix broken display of detailed query results.

Fix broken search for items with a dash. (bsc#907538, bsc#1043166, bsc#1070770)

Disable repository operations when searching installed packages.
(bsc#1084525)

Prevent nested calls to exit() if aborted by a signal. (bsc#1092413)

ansi.h: Prevent ESC sequence strings from going out of scope.
(bsc#1092413)

Fix some translation errors.

Support listing gpgkey URLs in repo files (bsc#1088037)

Check for root privileges in zypper verify and si (bsc#1058515)

XML <install-summary> attribute `packages-to-change` added (bsc#1102429) </install-summary>

Add expert (allow-*) options to all installer commands (bsc#428822)

Sort search results by multiple columns (bsc#1066215)

man: Strengthen that `--config FILE' affects zypper.conf, not zypp.conf (bsc#1100028)

Set error status if repositories passed to lr and ref are not known (bsc#1093103)

Do not override table style in search

Fix out of bound read in MbsIterator

Add --supplements switch to search and info

Add setter functions for zypp cache related config values to ZConfig

Changes in libsolv: convert repo2solv.sh script into a binary tool

Make use of %license macro (bsc#1082318)

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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 Module for Development Tools 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-2018-1883=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2018-1883=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 120097

File Name: suse_SU-2018-2690-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/2/2019

Updated: 7/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9269

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-solv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-solv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-solv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ruby-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ruby-solv-debuginfo

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: 9/11/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9269, CVE-2018-7685

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