SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-shell (SUSE-SU-2020:3132-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 143644

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for gnome-settings-daemon, gnome-shell fixes the following issues :

gnome-settings-daemon :

Add support for recent UCM related changes in ALSA and PulseAudio.
(jsc#SLE-16518)

Don't warn when a default source or sink is missing and the PulseAudio daemon is restarting. (jsc#SLE-16518)

Don't warn about starting/stopping services which don't exist.
(bsc#1172760).

gnome-shell :

Add support for recent UCM related changes in ALSA and PulseAudio.
(jsc#SLE-16518)

CVE-2020-17489: reset auth prompt on vt switch before fade in in loginDialog (bsc#1175155).

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-SP2-2020-3132=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2020-3132=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172760

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175155

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-17489/

http://www.nessus.org/u?174ff1db

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 143644

File Name: suse_SU-2020-3132-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/9/2020

Updated: 2/6/2024

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

Temporal Score: 1.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17489

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-settings-daemon-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-shell, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-shell-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-shell-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-settings-daemon-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-settings-daemon, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-settings-daemon-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gnome-shell-debugsource, 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: 11/3/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/11/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17489