SUSE SLES12 Security Update : LibVNCServer (SUSE-SU-2019:0060-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121094

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for LibVNCServer fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-15126: Fixed use-after-free in file transfer extension (bsc#1120114)

CVE-2018-6307: Fixed use-after-free in file transfer extension server code (bsc#1120115)

CVE-2018-20020: Fixed heap out-of-bound write inside structure in VNC client code (bsc#1120116)

CVE-2018-15127: Fixed heap out-of-bounds write in rfbserver.c (bsc#1120117)

CVE-2018-20019: Fixed multiple heap out-of-bound writes in VNC client code (bsc#1120118)

CVE-2018-20023: Fixed information disclosure through improper initialization in VNC Repeater client code (bsc#1120119)

CVE-2018-20022: Fixed information disclosure through improper initialization in VNC client code (bsc#1120120)

CVE-2018-20024: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in VNC client code (bsc#1120121)

CVE-2018-20021: Fixed infinite loop in VNC client code (bsc#1120122)

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 OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-60=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-60=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2019-60=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-60=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-60=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-60=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-60=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-60=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2019-60=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2019-60=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2019-60=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 121094

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0060-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/11/2019

Updated: 1/13/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2018-20020

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:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvncserver-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvncclient0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvncclient0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvncserver0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvncserver0

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: 1/10/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-15126, CVE-2018-15127, CVE-2018-20019, CVE-2018-20020, CVE-2018-20021, CVE-2018-20022, CVE-2018-20023, CVE-2018-20024, CVE-2018-6307

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