openSUSE Security Update : bash (openSUSE-2016-1260)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94530

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for bash fixes the following security issues :

- CVE-2016-7543: Local attackers could have executed arbitrary commands via specially crafted SHELLOPTS+PS4 variables (bsc#1001299)

- CVE-2016-0634: Malicious hostnames could have allowed arbitrary command execution when $HOSTNAME was expanded in the prompt (bsc#1000396)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

- fix a crash found during debugging boo#971410

- boo#976776: crash if ~/.bash_history is empty (boo#976776)

Solution

Update the affected bash packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94530

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1260.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2016

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:readline-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libreadline6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bash-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bash-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libreadline6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bash-loadables-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bash-loadables, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libreadline6-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:readline-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bash-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bash-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bash-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bash, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libreadline6-32bit

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0634, CVE-2016-7543

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