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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : colord (SUSE-SU-2024:3226-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 207213

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-2024:3226-1 advisory.

 - Fixed a potential local privilege escalation by removing the script in the specfile which changes the ownership of /var/lib/colord. (bsc#1208056)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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/1208056

http://www.nessus.org/u?8544c5c8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 207213

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3226-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/13/2024

Updated: 9/13/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:colord, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-colord-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcolord-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:colord-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-colorhug-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcolord2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcolord2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcolorhug2

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: 9/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2024

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3226-1