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
Plugin Details
File Name: suse_SU-2020-0545-1.nasl
Agent: unix
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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