openSUSE Security Update : patch (openSUSE-2018-416)

high Nessus Plugin ID 109540

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for patch fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

- CVE-2018-1000156: Malicious patch files cause ed to execute arbitrary commands (bsc#1088420).

- CVE-2018-6951: Fixed NULL pointer dereference in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c (bsc#1080918).

- CVE-2016-10713: Fixed out-of-bounds access within pch_write_line() in pch.c (bsc#1080918).

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

Solution

Update the affected patch packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1080918

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1080951

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1088420

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 109540

File Name: openSUSE-2018-416.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/3/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:patch, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:patch-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:patch-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10713, CVE-2018-1000156, CVE-2018-6951