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openSUSE Security Update : systemd (openSUSE-2016-648)

low Nessus Plugin ID 91402

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for SystemD provides fixes and enhancements.

The following security issue has been fixed :

 - Don't allow read access to journal files to users.
 (bsc#972612, CVE-2014-9770, CVE-2015-8842)

The following non-security issues have been fixed :

 - Restore initrd-udevadm-cleanup-db.service. (bsc#978275, bsc#976766)

 - Incorrect permissions set after boot on journal files.
 (bsc#973848)

 - Exclude device-mapper from block device ownership event locking. (bsc#972727)

 - Explicitly set mode for /run/log.

 - Don't apply sgid and executable bit to journal files, only the directories they are contained in.

 - Add ability to mask access mode by pre-existing access mode on files/directories.

 - No need to pass --all if inactive is explicitly requested in list-units. (bsc#967122)

 - Fix automount option and don't start associated mount unit at boot. (bsc#970423)

 - Support more than just power-gpio-key. (fate#318444, bsc#970860)

 - Add standard gpio power button support. (fate#318444, bsc#970860)

 - Downgrade warnings about wanted unit which are not found. (bsc#960158)

 - Shorten hostname before checking for trailing dot.
 (bsc#965897)

 - Remove WorkingDirectory parameter from emergency, rescue and console-shell.service. (bsc#959886)

 - Don't ship boot.udev and systemd-journald.init anymore.

 - Revert 'log: honour the kernel's quiet cmdline argument'. (bsc#963230)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected systemd packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=959886

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960158

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=963230

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=965897

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=967122

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=970423

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=970860

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=972612

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=972727

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=973848

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=976766

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=978275

https://features.opensuse.org/

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 91402

File Name: openSUSE-2016-648.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libudev1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgudev-1_0-0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-gudev-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:udev, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:udev-mini-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-logger, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libudev-mini-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:udev-mini, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libudev1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libudev-mini1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-journal-gateway-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:udev-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libudev1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgudev-1_0-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nss-myhostname-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-mini-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgudev-1_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-bash-completion, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgudev-1_0-0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nss-myhostname-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-mini, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nss-myhostname-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libudev-mini1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-mini-sysvinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgudev-1_0-0-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:nss-myhostname, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libudev1-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-mini-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libudev-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-mini-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemd-journal-gateway

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 5/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9770, CVE-2015-8842