SUSE SLES12 Security Update : ovmf (SUSE-SU-2020:0699-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134654

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for ovmf fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-14563: Fixed a memory corruption caused by insufficient numeric truncation (bsc#1163959).

CVE-2019-14553: Fixed the TLS certification verification in HTTPS-over-IPv6 boot sequences (bsc#1153072).

CVE-2019-14559: Fixed a remotely exploitable memory leak in the ARP handling code (bsc#1163927).

CVE-2019-14575: Fixed an insufficient signature check in the DxeImageVerificationHandler (bsc#1163969).

Enabled HTTPS-over-IPv6 (bsc#1153072).

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 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-699=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-699=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134654

File Name: suse_SU-2020-0699-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/18/2020

Updated: 1/13/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-14575

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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:ovmf-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ovmf

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: 3/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14553, CVE-2019-14559, CVE-2019-14563, CVE-2019-14575

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