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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : PackageKit (SUSE-SU-2020:3845-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 144348

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for PackageKit fixes the following issue :

CVE-2020-16121: Fixed an Information disclosure in InstallFiles, GetFilesLocal and GetDetailsLocal (bsc#1176930).

Notify service manager when it shutdown and cleanup temporary files when PackageKit quits. (bsc#1169739)

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-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP1-2020-3845=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP1-2020-3845=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1169739

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1176930

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-16121/

http://www.nessus.org/u?e79dd292

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 144348

File Name: suse_SU-2020-3845-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/17/2020

Updated: 2/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16121

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:packagekit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-packagekitglib, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:packagekit-backend-zypp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpackagekit-glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:packagekit-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:packagekit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:packagekit-backend-zypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpackagekit-glib2-18-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:packagekit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:packagekit-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libpackagekit-glib2, 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: 12/16/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/7/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16121