SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : cloud-init (SUSE-SU-2019:3097-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 131558

Synopsis

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

Description

This update for cloud-init to version 19.2 fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2019-0816: Fixed the unnecessary extra ssh keys that were added to authorized_keys (bsc#1129124).

Non-security issues fixed: Short circuit the conditional for identifying the sysconfig renderer (bsc#1154092, bsc#1142988).

If /etc/resolv.conf is a symlink, break it. This will avoid netconfig from clobbering the changes cloud-init applied (bsc#1151488).

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 Public Cloud 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-2019-3097=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-2019-3097=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099358

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1129124

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1136440

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1142988

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1144363

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1151488

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154092

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-0816/

http://www.nessus.org/u?44bfaf5b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 131558

File Name: suse_SU-2019-3097-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/3/2019

Updated: 4/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0816

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cloud-init-doc, 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: 11/28/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0816