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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libtasn1 (SUSE-SU-2019:1379-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 125592
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for libtasn1 fixes the following issues :Security issues fixed :
CVE-2018-1000654: Fixed a denial of service in the asn1 parser (bsc#1105435).
CVE-2017-6891: Fixed a stack overflow in asn1_find_node() (bsc#1040621).
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 Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-1379=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2019-1379=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1379=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-1379=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1379=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2019-1379=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=1040621
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1105435
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-6891/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 125592
File Name: suse_SU-2019-1379-1.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/30/2019
Updated: 5/17/2024
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: 5.9
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-2017-6891
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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtasn1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtasn1-6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtasn1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtasn1-6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtasn1-debugsource
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: 5/29/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/22/2017