SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : u-boot (SUSE-SU-2019:2474-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 129402

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for u-boot fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-13106: Fixed stack-based buffer overflow via a crafted ext4 filesystem that may lead to code execution (bsc#1144656).

CVE-2019-13104: Fixed an underflow that could cause memcpy() to overwrite a very large amount of data via a crafted ext4 filesystem (bsc#1144675).

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 Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-2474=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 129402

File Name: suse_SU-2019-2474-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/27/2019

Updated: 4/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13106

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:u-boot-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:u-boot-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 9/26/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13104, CVE-2019-13106

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