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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : permissions (SUSE-SU-2020:0545-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 134202

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for permissions fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2020-8013: Fixed an issue where chkstat set unintended setuid/capabilities for mrsh and wodim (bsc#1163922).

Non-security issues fixed: Fixed a regression where chkstat broke when /proc was not available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594).

Fixed capability handling when doing multiple permission changes at once (bsc#1161779).

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-8-2020-545=1

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-545=1

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2020-545=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2020-545=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2020-545=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2020-545=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2020-545=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2020-545=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2020-545=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2020-545=1

SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 :

To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

HPE Helion Openstack 8:zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2020-545=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1123886

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160594

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160764

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161779

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163922

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8013/

http://www.nessus.org/u?9be628a7

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 134202

File Name: suse_SU-2020-0545-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/2/2020

Updated: 3/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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-2020-8013

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.5

Temporal Score: 2.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:permissions, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:permissions-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:permissions-debugsource

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: 2/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8013