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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : openldap2 (SUSE-SU-2020:1856-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 138319
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for openldap2 fixes the following issues :CVE-2020-8023: Fixed a potential local privilege escalation from ldap to root when OPENLDAP_CONFIG_BACKEND='ldap' was used (bsc#1172698).
Changed DB_CONFIG to root:ldap permissions (bsc#1172704).
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-15-2020-1856=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2020-1856=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 15-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP2-2020-1856=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-15-SP1-2020-1856=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2020-1856=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-1856=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-1856=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-1856=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1856=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2020-1856=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172704
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8023/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 138319
File Name: suse_SU-2020-1856-1.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 7/9/2020
Updated: 3/1/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8023
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 7
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldap-2_4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldap-2_4-2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldap-2_4-2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldap-2_4-2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-back-meta, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-back-meta-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-back-perl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-back-perl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-devel-static, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-ppolicy-check-password, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openldap2-ppolicy-check-password-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15
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: 7/6/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/1/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-8023