SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libsolv, libzypp, zypper (SUSE-SU-2019:2265-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 128472

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Synopsis

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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/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20534/

http://www.nessus.org/u?3353e05c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 128472

File Name: suse_SU-2019-2265-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

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

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-20532, CVE-2018-20533, CVE-2018-20534