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SUSE SLED12 Security Update : Recommended update for NetworkManager-vpnc (SUSE-SU-2018:2297-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111662

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for NetworkManager-vpnc fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed :

 - CVE-2018-10900: Check configurations that contain newline characters and invalidate them to avoid security attacks (bsc#1101147).

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 Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP3-2018-1538=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1538=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1101147

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10900/

http://www.nessus.org/u?4cd781bd

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111662

File Name: suse_SU-2018-2297-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/13/2018

Updated: 9/10/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-vpnc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-vpnc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-vpnc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-vpnc-gnome, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-vpnc-gnome-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: 8/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2018

Exploitable With

Metasploit (Network Manager VPNC Username Privilege Escalation)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10900