SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : file-roller (SUSE-SU-2020:1557-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 137595

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for file-roller fixes the following issues :

CVE-2020-11736: Fixed a directory traversal vulnerability due to improper checking whether a file's parent is an external symlink (bsc#1169428).

CVE-2019-16680: Fixed a path traversal vulnerability which could have allowed an overwriting of a file during extraction (bsc#1151585).

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 Desktop Applications 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP1-2020-1557=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 137595

File Name: suse_SU-2020-1557-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/18/2020

Updated: 3/6/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11736

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16680

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:file-roller-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:file-roller-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:file-roller

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: 6/8/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16680, CVE-2020-11736

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