SUSE SLES12 Security Update : xrdp (SUSE-SU-2020:1943-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138758

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for xrdp provides the following fix :

CVE-2020-4044: xrdp-sesman can be crashed remotely over port 3350 (bsc#1173580).

Fixed an issue where xrdp-sesman could not restart (bsc#1155952).

Fixed an issue where xrdp could not start due to an error in the service file use absolute path in ExecStart (bsc#1155789).

Fixed a PAM error after 2nd xrdp session after logout (bsc#1153471).

Fixed a crash in xrdp-sesman, caused by terminating and reconnecting an xrdp session (bsc#1152711).

Fixed a failure in RDP session recovery (bsc#1150584).

Fixed a process leak (bsc#1144379).

Let systemd handle the daemons, fixing daemon start failures.
(bsc#1138954, bsc#1144327)

Don't try to create .vnc directory if it already exists. (bsc#1157860)

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 OpenStack Cloud 7 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2020-1943=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2020-1943=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2020-1943=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2020-1943=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138758

File Name: suse_SU-2020-1943-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/20/2020

Updated: 5/12/2022

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-2017-6967

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-4044

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 7/17/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6967, CVE-2020-4044

Detections

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