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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2020:0832-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 135165
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for glibc fixes the following issues :CVE-2020-1752: Fixed a use after free in glob which could have allowed a local attacker to create a specially crafted path that, when processed by the glob function, could potentially have led to arbitrary code execution (bsc#1167631).
CVE-2020-1751: Fixed an array overflow in backtrace for PowerPC (bsc#1158996).
CVE-2020-10029: Fixed a stack-based buffer overflow during range reduction (bsc#1165784).
Use 'posix_spawn' on popen preventing crash caused by 'subprocess'.
(bsc#1149332, BZ #22834)
Fix handling of needles crossing a page, preventing incorrect results to return during the cross page boundary search. (bsc#1157893, BZ #25226)
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 Software Development Kit 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-832=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2020-832=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-832=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-832=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149332
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157893
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158996
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165784
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1167631
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-10029/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-1751/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 135165
File Name: suse_SU-2020-0832-1.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 4/2/2020
Updated: 3/19/2024
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: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.9
Temporal Score: 4.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1751
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7
Temporal Score: 6.3
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1752
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc
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: 3/31/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2020