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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : libsolv (SUSE-SU-2020:2660-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 143691
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for libsolv fixes the following issues :This is a reissue of an existing libsolv update that also included libsolv-devel for LTSS products.
libsolv was updated to version 0.6.36 fixes the following issues :
Security issues fixed :
CVE-2018-20532: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in testcase_read() (bsc#1120629).
CVE-2018-20533: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in testcase_str2dep_complex() (bsc#1120630).
CVE-2018-20534: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in pool_whatprovides() (bsc#1120631).
Non-security issues fixed :
Made cleandeps jobs on patterns work (bsc#1137977).
Fixed an issue multiversion packages that obsolete their own name (bsc#1127155).
Keep consistent package name if there are multiple alternatives (bsc#1131823).
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 Crowbar 9 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2020-2660=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2020-2660=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2020-2660=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-2660=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-2660=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2020-2660=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2020-2660=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-2660=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2020-2660=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2020-2660=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2020-2660=1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2020-2660=1
HPE Helion Openstack 8 :
zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2020-2660=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120629
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120630
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1120631
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127155
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131823
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1137977
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20532/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-20533/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 143691
File Name: suse_SU-2020-2660-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 12/9/2020
Updated: 2/6/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-20534
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:perl-solv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-solv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-debugsource
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: 9/16/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2018