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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libzypp, zypper (SUSE-SU-2017:2040-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 102193
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The Software Update Stack was updated to receive fixes and enhancements. libzypp: Security issues fixed :- CVE-2017-7435, CVE-2017-7436, CVE-2017-9269: Fix GPG check workflows, mainly for unsigned repositories and packages. (bsc#1045735, bsc#1038984) Bug fixes :
- Re-probe on refresh if the repository type changes.
(bsc#1048315)
- Propagate proper error code to DownloadProgressReport.
(bsc#1047785)
- Allow to trigger an appdata refresh unconditionally.
(bsc#1009745)
- Support custom repo variables defined in /etc/zypp/vars.d.
- Adapt loop mounting of ISO images. (bsc#1038132, bsc#1033236)
- Fix potential crash if repository has no baseurl.
(bsc#1043218) zypper :
- Adapt download callback to report and handle unsigned packages. (bsc#1038984)
- Report missing/optional files as 'not found' rather than 'error'. (bsc#1047785)
- Document support for custom repository variables defined in /etc/zypp/vars.d.
- Emphasize that it depends on how fast PackageKit will respond to a 'quit' request sent if PK blocks package management.
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 Software Development Kit 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP2-2017-1252=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1252=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1252=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1252=1
OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2017-1252=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1009745
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1031756
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1033236
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038132
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038984
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043218
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1045735
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1047785
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048315
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7435/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-7436/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 102193
File Name: suse_SU-2017-2040-1.nasl
Version: 3.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 8/4/2017
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: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zypper-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: 8/3/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2018