SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : gcc5 (SUSE-SU-2016:0963-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 90420

Synopsis

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

Description

The GNU Compiler Collection was updated to version 5.3.1, which brings several fixes and enhancements.

The following security issue has been fixed :

- Fix C++11 std::random_device short read issue that could lead to predictable randomness. (CVE-2015-5276, bsc#945842)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

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-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-565=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-565=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-565=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Toolchain 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Toolchain-12-2016-565=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-565=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-565=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=939460

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=945842

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952151

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=953831

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=954002

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955382

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962765

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964468

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=966220

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968771

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5276/

http://www.nessus.org/u?8428dbb9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 90420

File Name: suse_SU-2016-0963-1.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/8/2016

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: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gcc5-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libasan2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libasan2-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libasan2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libatomic1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libatomic1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libatomic1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcilkrts5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcilkrts5-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcilkrts5-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libffi-gcc5-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libffi4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libffi4-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libffi4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgcc_s1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgcc_s1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgcc_s1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgfortran3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgfortran3-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgfortran3-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgomp1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgomp1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libgomp1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libitm1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libitm1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libitm1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblsan0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblsan0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmpx0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmpx0-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmpx0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmpxwrappers0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmpxwrappers0-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmpxwrappers0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libquadmath0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libquadmath0-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libquadmath0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libstdc%2b%2b6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libstdc%2b%2b6-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libstdc%2b%2b6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libstdc%2b%2b6-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtsan0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtsan0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libubsan0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libubsan0-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libubsan0-debuginfo, 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: 4/6/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5276