SUSE SLES12 Security Update : rsyslog (SUSE-SU-2020:0424-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 133839

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for rsyslog fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-17041: Fixed a heap overflow in the parser for AIX log messages (bsc#1153451).

CVE-2019-17042: Fixed a heap overflow in the parser for Cisco log messages (bsc#1153459).

Non-security issues fixed: Handle multiline messages correctly when using the imfile module. (bsc#1015203)

Fix a race condition in the shutdown sequence in wtp that was causing rsyslog not to shutdown properly. (bsc#1022804)

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 Server for SAP 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2020-424=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2020-424=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 133839

File Name: suse_SU-2020-0424-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/20/2020

Updated: 3/26/2024

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: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17042

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:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-relp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-gtls, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-pgsql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-snmp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-snmp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-gtls-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-diag-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-diag-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-mysql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-pgsql-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-gssapi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-udpspoof, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-udpspoof-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-relp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-gssapi-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsyslog-module-mysql

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: 2/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17041, CVE-2019-17042

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