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openSUSE 15 Security Update : getdata (openSUSE-SU-2021:1645-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 156434

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2021:1645-1 advisory.

 - A heap memory corruption problem (use after free) can be triggered in libgetdata v0.10.0 when processing maliciously crafted dirfile databases. This degrades the confidentiality, integrity and availability of third-party software that uses libgetdata as a library. This vulnerability may lead to arbitrary code execution or privilege escalation depending on input/skills of attacker. (CVE-2021-20204)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186251

http://www.nessus.org/u?5fc110fd

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20204

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 156434

File Name: openSUSE-2021-1645.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/31/2021

Updated: 12/31/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2021-20204

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:opensuse:python-getdata, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:getdata, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgetdata%2b%2b7, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:perl-getdata, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:getdata-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libf95getdata7, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgetdata8, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libfgetdata6

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: 12/30/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-20204