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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : cups (SUSE-SU-2021:1453-1)
low Nessus Plugin ID 149230
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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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-1453=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2021-1453=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-1453=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2021-1453=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-1453=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-1453=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-1453=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-1453=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2021-1453=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2021-1453=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2021-1453=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS-SAP :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-LTSS-SAP-2021-1453=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-LTSS-ERICSSON-2021-1453=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2021-1453=1
HPE Helion Openstack 8 :
zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2021-1453=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184161
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 149230
File Name: suse_SU-2021-1453-1.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/3/2021
Updated: 5/18/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, 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-libs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-libs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-client, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cups
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