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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : cups (SUSE-SU-2021:1454-1)
low Nessus Plugin ID 149225
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for cups fixes the following issues :CVE-2021-25317: ownership of /var/log/cups could allow privilege escalation from lp user to root via symlink attacks (bsc#1184161)
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-4.0-2021-1454=1
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Retail-Branch-Server-4.0-2021-1454=1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Proxy-4.0-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP1-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP1-BCL-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP3-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP2-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-LTSS-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-ESPOS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP1-ESPOS-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-1454=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-2021-1454=1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-6-2021-1454=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=1184161
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 149225
File Name: suse_SU-2021-1454-1.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/3/2021
Updated: 5/18/2021
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:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-25317
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:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsmime1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsppdc1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsppdc1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupscgi1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-ddk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcups2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsimage2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcups2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-ddk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsimage2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupsmime1-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcupscgi1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcups2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-config
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: 4/30/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-25317