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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libsolv, libzypp, zypper (SUSE-SU-2019:2265-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 128472
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for libsolv, libzypp and zypper fixes the following issues :libsolv was updated to version 0.6.36 and fixes the following issues :
Security issues fixed :
CVE-2018-20532: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in testcase_read() (bsc#1120629).
CVE-2018-20533: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in testcase_str2dep_complex() (bsc#1120630).
CVE-2018-20534: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in pool_whatprovides() (bsc#1120631).
Non-security issues fixed: Made cleandeps jobs on patterns work (bsc#1137977).
Fixed an issue multiversion packages that obsolete their own name (bsc#1127155).
Keep consistent package name if there are multiple alternatives (bsc#1131823).
Fixes for libzypp: Fixes a bug where locking the kernel was not possible (bsc#1113296)
Fixes a file descriptor leak (bsc#1116995)
Will now run file conflict check on dry-run (best with download-only) (bsc#1140039)
Fixes for zypper: Fixes a bug where the wrong exit code was set when refreshing repos if
--root was used (bsc#1134226)
Improved the displaying of locks (bsc#1112911)
Fixes an issue where `https` repository urls caused an error prompt to appear twice (bsc#1110542)
zypper will now always warn when no repositories are defined (bsc#1109893)
Fixes bash completion option detection (bsc#1049825)
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 Crowbar 8:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2019-2265=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2019-2265=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2019-2265=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2019-2265=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2019-2265=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-2265=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2019-2265=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2019-2265=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2019-2265=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2019-2265=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-2265=1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2019-2265=1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2019-2265=1
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.
HPE Helion Openstack 8:zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2019-2265=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049825
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109893
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110542
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111319
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1112911
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1113296
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1116995
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120629
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120630
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120631
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127155
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131823
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1134226
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1137977
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140039
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1145521
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20532/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20533/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 128472
File Name: suse_SU-2019-2265-1.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 9/3/2019
Updated: 4/30/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20534
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-solv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-solv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12
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: 9/2/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2018