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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : cups (SUSE-SU-2020:1083-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135964

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for cups fixes the following issues :

CVE-2020-3898: Fixed a heap buffer overflow in ppdFindOption() (bsc#1168422).

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 for SAP 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2020-1083=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-1083=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP2-2020-1083=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2020-1083=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2020-1083=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-1083=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-1083=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-1083=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1083=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1083=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1168422

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-3898/

http://www.nessus.org/u?405259ac

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135964

File Name: suse_SU-2020-1083-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/24/2020

Updated: 3/14/2024

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: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-3898

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsmime1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupscgi1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsppdc1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsppdc1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsppdc1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupscgi1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-ddk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcups2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsimage2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcups2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsimage2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-ddk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsimage2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsmime1-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupscgi1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcups2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsmime1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-config

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: 4/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/22/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-3898