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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : rsyslog (SUSE-SU-2019:0209-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121539

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for rsyslog fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2018-16881: Fixed a denial of service when both the imtcp module and Octet-Counted TCP Framing is enabled (bsc#1123164).

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 Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-209=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-209=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-209=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-209=1

SUSE CaaS Platform ALL :

To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 :

To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1123164

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16881/

http://www.nessus.org/u?efeb2cb4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121539

File Name: suse_SU-2019-0209-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2019

Updated: 6/25/2024

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: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16881

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-relp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-gtls, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-gtls-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-diag-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-diag-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-mysql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-pgsql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-udpspoof, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-udpspoof-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-relp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-gssapi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-mysql

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: 1/31/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/25/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16881