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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : p7zip (SUSE-SU-2021:1491-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 149272

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for p7zip fixes the following issues :

CVE-2021-3465: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in NCompress:CCopyCoder:Code (bsc#1184699)

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-SP3 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP3-2021-1491=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2021-1491=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184699

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3465/

http://www.nessus.org/u?37716f46

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 149272

File Name: suse_SU-2021-1491-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2021

Updated: 1/2/2024

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

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3465

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:p7zip-full, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:p7zip-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:p7zip, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:p7zip-full-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 5/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3465