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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libgda (SUSE-SU-2022:3016-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164691

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3016-1 advisory.

 - In GNOME libgda through 6.0.0, gda-web-provider.c does not enable TLS certificate verification on the SoupSessionSync objects it creates, leaving users vulnerable to network MITM attacks. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2016-20011. (CVE-2021-39359)

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/1189849

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-39359

http://www.nessus.org/u?f2f19e31

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164691

File Name: suse_SU-2022-3016-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/6/2022

Updated: 7/14/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-39359

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgda-5_0-4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgda-5_0-4-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgda-5_0-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgda-5_0-mysql, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgda-5_0-postgres, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgda-5_0-sqlite, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgda-ui-5_0-4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-gda-5_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-gdaui-5_0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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: 9/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-39359

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3016-1