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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : gssproxy (SUSE-SU-2021:1029-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 148361

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for gssproxy fixes the following issues :

CVE-2020-12658: Fixed an issue where gssproxy was not unlocking cond_mutex before pthread exit in gp_worker_main() (bsc#1180515).

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 Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1029=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1180515

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12658/

http://www.nessus.org/u?bba605ae

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 148361

File Name: suse_SU-2021-1029-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/7/2021

Updated: 1/5/2024

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: 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-2020-12658

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gssproxy-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gssproxy-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gssproxy

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: 4/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-12658