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openSUSE Security Update : permissions (openSUSE-2020-302)

low Nessus Plugin ID 134283

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for permissions fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2019-3687: Fixed a privilege escalation which could allow a local user to read network traffic if wireshark is installed (bsc#1148788)

 - 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 breaks without /proc available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected permissions packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1148788

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160594

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160764

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1161779

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1163922

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 134283

File Name: openSUSE-2020-302.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/6/2020

Updated: 3/25/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

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: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3687

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:permissions, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:permissions-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:permissions-zypp-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:permissions-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3687, CVE-2020-8013