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openSUSE Security Update : wicked (openSUSE-2020-165)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 133491

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for wicked fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2019-18902: Fixed a use-after-free when receiving invalid DHCP6 client options (bsc#1160903).

 - CVE-2020-7216: Fixed a potential denial of service via a memory leak when processing packets with missing message type option in DHCP4 (bsc#1160905).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected wicked packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160903

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160905

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 133491

File Name: openSUSE-2020-165.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/5/2020

Updated: 3/6/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18902

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:opensuse:wicked, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wicked-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wicked-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wicked-service, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1

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: 2/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-18902, CVE-2020-7216