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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : permissions (SUSE-SU-2020:1163-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 136394
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for permissions fixes the following issues :Security issue fixed :
CVE-2020-8013: Fixed a local privilege escalation with mrsh and wodim (bsc#1163922).
Non-security issues fixed :
Fixed regression where chkstat breaks without /proc available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594)
Fixed capability handling when doing multiple permission changes at once (bsc#1161779)
Fixed handling of relative directory symlinks in chkstat
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-15-2020-1163=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-1163=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1163=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1163=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160594
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160764
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1161779
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1163922
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3688/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-3690/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 136394
File Name: suse_SU-2020-1163-1.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/7/2020
Updated: 1/11/2021
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: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3690
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:permissions, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:permissions-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, 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: 5/4/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2019