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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : soundtouch (SUSE-SU-2019:0096-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121209

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for soundtouch fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2018-17098: Fixed a heap corruption from size inconsistency, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact (bsc#1108632)

CVE-2018-17097: Fixed a double free, which allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other unspecified impact (bsc#1108631)

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-SP4-2019-96=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2019-96=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-96=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2019-96=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-96=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-96=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-96=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-96=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108631

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1108632

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17097/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17098/

http://www.nessus.org/u?6862d0b3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121209

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0096-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/16/2019

Updated: 6/26/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-17098

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:soundtouch-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsoundtouch0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsoundtouch0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:soundtouch-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:soundtouch

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: 1/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-17097, CVE-2018-17098