SUSE SLES12 Security Update : texlive (SUSE-SU-2020:1581-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137605

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for texlive fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2020-8016: Fixed a race condition in the spec file (bsc#1159740).

CVE-2020-8017: Fixed a race condition on a cron job (bsc#1158910).

Fixed an issue where pstopdf was crashing (bsc#1138793).

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 Software Development Kit 12-SP5 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-1581=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2020-1581=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1581=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1581=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1138793

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1158910

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1159740

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8016/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8017/

http://www.nessus.org/u?7a6dbb61

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137605

File Name: suse_SU-2020-1581-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8016

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libkpathsea6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libkpathsea6

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: 6/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8016, CVE-2020-8017