SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : libcdio (SUSE-SU-2018:2236-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 120073

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for libcdio fixes the following issues: The following security vulnerabilities were addressed :

- CVE-2017-18199: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in realloc_symlink in rock.c (bsc#1082821)

- CVE-2017-18201: Fixed a double free vulnerability in get_cdtext_generic() in _cdio_generic.c (bsc#1082877)

- Fixed several memory leaks (bsc#1082821)

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 Module for Desktop Applications 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-2018-1512=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 120073

File Name: suse_SU-2018-2236-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/2/2019

Updated: 3/18/2020

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: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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: 8.5

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:libcdio%2b%2b0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcdio%2b%2b0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcdio-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcdio-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcdio16, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcdio16-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libiso9660, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libiso9660-10-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libudf0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libudf0-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 8/7/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18199, CVE-2017-18201

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