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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : patch (SUSE-SU-2015:1019-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 84083
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The GNU patch utility was updated to 2.7.5 to fix three security issues and one non-security bug.The following vulnerabilities were fixed :
- CVE-2015-1196: directory traversal flaw when handling git-style patches. This could allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into applying a specially crafted patch. (bsc#913678)
- CVE-2015-1395: directory traversal flaw when handling patches which rename files. This could allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into applying a specially crafted patch. (bsc#915328)
- CVE-2015-1396: directory traversal flaw via symbolic links. This could allow an attacker to overwrite arbitrary files by tricking the user into applying a by applying a specially crafted patch. (bsc#915329)
The following bug was fixed :
- bsc#904519: Function names in hunks (from diff -p) are now preserved in reject files.
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 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2015-247=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2015-247=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904519
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=913678
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915328
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=915329
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1196/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1395/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 84083
File Name: suse_SU-2015-1019-1.nasl
Version: 2.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 6/10/2015
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
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:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:patch, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:patch-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:patch-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12
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: 6/3/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2015