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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : LibVNCServer (SUSE-SU-2020:1873-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 138324

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for LibVNCServer fixes the following issues :

CVE-2017-18922: Fixed an issue which could have allowed to an attacker to pre-auth overwrite a function pointer which subsequently used leading to potential remote code execution (bsc#1173477).

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 Workstation Extension 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP2-2020-1873=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP1-2020-1873=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP2-2020-1873=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP1-2020-1873=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173477

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18922/

http://www.nessus.org/u?58edb4ce

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 138324

File Name: suse_SU-2020-1873-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18922

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvncserver0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvncserver-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvncserver0

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: 7/7/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/30/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18922