SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : tcpdump (SUSE-SU-2019:2088-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 127781

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for tcpdump fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-1010220: Fixed a buffer over-read in print_prefix() which may expose data (bsc#1142439).

CVE-2017-16808: Fixed a heap-based buffer over-read related to aoe_print() and lookup_emem() (bsc#1068716).

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-SP4-2019-2088=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-2088=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 127781

File Name: suse_SU-2019-2088-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/12/2019

Updated: 1/2/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1010220

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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:tcpdump, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tcpdump-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:tcpdump-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: 8/7/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16808, CVE-2019-1010220

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