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SUSE SLES15 Security Update : libzypp, zypper (SUSE-SU-2021:0956-1)
low Nessus Plugin ID 148151
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The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for libzypp, zypper fixes the following issues :Update zypper to version 1.14.43 :
doc: give more details about creating versioned package locks (bsc#1181622)
man: Document synonymously used patch categories (bsc#1179847)
Fix source-download commands help (bsc#1180663)
man: Recommend to use the --non-interactive global option rather than the command option -y (bsc#1179816)
Extend apt packagemap (fixes #366)
--quiet: Fix install summary to write nothing if there's nothing todo (bsc#1180077)
Prefer /run over /var/run.
Update libzypp to 17.25.8 :
Try to provide a mounted /proc in --root installs (bsc#1181328) Some systemd tools require /proc to be mounted and fail if it's not there.
Enable release packages to request a releaxed suse/opensuse vendorcheck in dup when migrating. (bsc#1182629)
Patch: Identify well-known category names (bsc#1179847) This allows to use the RH and SUSE patch categrory names synonymously: (recommended = bugfix) and (optional = feature = enhancement).
Add missing includes for GCC 11 compatibility.
Fix %posttrans script execution (fixes #265) The scripts are execuable. No need to call them through 'sh -c'.
Commit: Fix rpmdb compat symlink in case rpm got removed.
Repo: Allow multiple baseurls specified on one line (fixes #285)
Regex: Fix memory leak and undefined behavior.
Add rpm buildrequires for test suite (fixes #279)
Use rpmdb2solv new -D switch to tell the location ob the rpmdatabase to use.
CVE-2017-9271: Fixed information leak in the log file (bsc#1050625 bsc#1177583)
RepoManager: Force refresh if repo url has changed (bsc#1174016)
RepoManager: Carefully tidy up the caches. Remove non-directory entries. (bsc#1178966)
RepoInfo: ignore legacy type= in a .repo file and let RepoManager probe (bsc#1177427).
RpmDb: If no database exists use the _dbpath configured in rpm. Still makes sure a compat symlink at /var/lib/rpm exists in case the configures _dbpath is elsewhere. (bsc#1178910)
Fixed update of gpg keys with elongated expire date (bsc#1179222)
needreboot: remove udev from the list (bsc#1179083)
Fix lsof monitoring (bsc#1179909)
Rephrase solver problem descriptions (jsc#SLE-8482)
Adapt to changed gpg2/libgpgme behavior (bsc#1180721)
Multicurl backend breaks with with unknown filesize (fixes #277)
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 Manager Server 4.0 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-956=1
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-956=1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-956=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-956=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-956=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2021-956=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Installer 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-INSTALLER-15-SP1-2021-956=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-956=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-ESPOS-2021-956=1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-6-2021-956=1
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 :
To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform 'skuba' tool. I will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050625
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1174016
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177238
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177275
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177427
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177583
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178910
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178966
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179083
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179222
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179816
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179847
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179909
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180077
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180663
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180721
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181328
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1181622
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182629
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 148151
File Name: suse_SU-2021-0956-1.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 3/26/2021
Updated: 1/8/2024
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: 1.4
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-2017-9271
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 2.9
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libyui-qt-pkg-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ruby-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libyui-ncurses-pkg9-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libyui-qt-pkg-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsigc-2_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libyui-ncurses-pkg-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libyui-qt-pkg9-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libyui-ncurses-pkg9, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ruby-solv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:yast2-pkg-bindings-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:yast2-pkg-bindings, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsigc-2_0-0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsigc%2b%2b2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-solv, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsigc%2b%2b2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libyui-qt-pkg9, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libyui-ncurses-pkg-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-solv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-solv-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:yast2-pkg-bindings-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-devel-debuginfo
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: 3/25/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-9271