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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : dpkg (SUSE-SU-2017:1096-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99654

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for dpkg fixes the following issues: This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2015-0860: Off-by-one error in the extracthalf function in dpkg-deb/extract.c in the dpkg-deb component in dpkg allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the archive magic version number in an 'old-style' Debian binary package, which triggered a stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#957160).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

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

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2017-639=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2017-639=1

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=957160

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0860/

http://www.nessus.org/u?9657b987

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99654

File Name: suse_SU-2017-1096-1.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/25/2017

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:update-alternatives-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:update-alternatives, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:update-alternatives-debuginfo

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: 4/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0860