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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : python3 (SUSE-SU-2020:0497-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 134106
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for python3 fixes the following issues :Update to 3.4.10 (jsc#SLE-9427, bsc#1159208) from 3.4.6 :
Security issues fixed :
Update expat copy from 2.1.1 to 2.2.0 to fix the following issues:
CVE-2012-0876, CVE-2016-0718, CVE-2016-4472, CVE-2017-9233, CVE-2016-9063
CVE-2017-1000158: Fix an integer overflow in thePyString_DecodeEscape function in stringobject.c, resulting in heap-based bufferoverflow (bsc#1068664).
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-8-2020-497=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-497=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Web Scripting 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Web-Scripting-12-2020-497=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2020-497=1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2020-497=1
HPE Helion Openstack 8:zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2020-497=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068664
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159208
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159623
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0876/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0718/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4472/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9063/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000158/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 134106
File Name: suse_SU-2020-0497-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 2/27/2020
Updated: 3/25/2024
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000158
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-curses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-base, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-tk-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-base-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_4m1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-base-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpython3_4m1_0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-curses-debuginfo
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: 2/26/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/3/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-0876, CVE-2016-0718, CVE-2016-4472, CVE-2016-9063, CVE-2017-1000158, CVE-2017-9233
BID: 52379