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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libxslt (SUSE-SU-2020:1409-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 137539
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for libxslt fixes the following issues :Security issues fixed :
CVE-2019-13118: Fixed a read of uninitialized stack data (bsc#1140101).
CVE-2019-13117: Fixed a uninitialized read which allowed to discern whether a byte on the stack contains certain special characters (bsc#1140095).
CVE-2019-18197: Fixed a dangling pointer in xsltCopyText which may have led to information disclosure (bsc#1154609).
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 Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-1409=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140095
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140101
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1154609
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13117/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13118/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 137539
File Name: suse_SU-2020-1409-1.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 6/17/2020
Updated: 6/22/2020
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: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.1
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-18197
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/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:libxslt-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxslt1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxslt-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxslt1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxslt-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libxslt-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15
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: 5/25/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/1/2019