Detections
Analytics
SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2018:1562-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 110393
Language:
Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for glibc fixes the following issues :- CVE-2017-18269: Fix SSE2 memmove issue when crossing 2GB boundary (bsc#1094150)
- CVE-2018-11236: Fix overflow in path length computation (bsc#1094161)
- CVE-2018-11237: Don't write beyond buffer destination in
__mempcpy_avx512_no_vzeroupper (bsc#1094154) Non security bugs fixed :
- Fix crash in resolver on memory allocation failure (bsc#1086690)
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 the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2018-1077=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-1077=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2018-1077=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1077=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2018-1077=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1077=1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-4-2018-1077=1
SUSE CaaS Platform ALL :
To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.
OpenStack Cloud Magnum Orchestration 7:zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Magnum-Orchestration-7-2018-1077=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1086690
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094150
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094154
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1094161
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18269/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-11236/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 110393
File Name: suse_SU-2018-1562-1.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 6/7/2018
Updated: 1/13/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12
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: 6/6/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/18/2018