SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : OpenSLP (SUSE-SU-2015:0922-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83756

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for OpenSLP fixes a bug in SLPIntersectStringList that could lead to an out-of-bounds read (CVE-2012-4428). Additionally, the SLP daemon now always use localtime(3) when writing to log files to avoid having timestamps with different timezones.

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Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 :

zypper in -t patch sdksp3-openslp=10654

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware :

zypper in -t patch slessp3-openslp=10654

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 :

zypper in -t patch slessp3-openslp=10654

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 :

zypper in -t patch sledsp3-openslp=10654

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83756

File Name: suse_SU-2015-0922-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/21/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openslp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openslp-server

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: 5/20/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4428

BID: 55540

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