SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python-PyYAML (SUSE-SU-2020:1285-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 136784

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for python-PyYAML fixes the following issues :

CVE-2020-1747: Fixed an arbitrary code execution when YAML files are parsed by FullLoader (bsc#1165439).

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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2020-1285=1

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-1285=1

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2020-1285=1

SUSE OpenStack Cloud 6-LTSS :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-6-LTSS-2020-1285=1

SUSE Manager Tools 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Manager-Tools-12-2020-1285=1

SUSE Manager Server 3.2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Server-3.2-2020-1285=1

SUSE Manager Proxy 3.2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-3.2-2020-1285=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2020-1285=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1285=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1285=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2020-1285=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2020-1285=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-POS-12-SP2-2020-1285=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-12-2020-1285=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Containers-12-2020-1285=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Advanced Systems Management 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Adv-Systems-Management-12-2020-1285=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP2-2020-1285=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 12-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-HA-12-SP1-2020-1285=1

SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2020-1285=1

HPE Helion Openstack 8 :

zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2020-1285=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 136784

File Name: suse_SU-2020-1285-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/22/2020

Updated: 3/12/2024

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1747

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:python3-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-pyyaml, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-pyyaml-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-pyyaml-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-pyyaml-debuginfo

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: 5/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1747

IAVA: 2021-A-0463

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