SUSE SLES12 Security Update : util-linux (SUSE-SU-2017:0553-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 97380

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for util-linux fixes a number of bugs and two security issues. The following security bugs were fixed :

- CVE-2016-5011: Infinite loop DoS in libblkid while parsing DOS partition (bsc#988361)

- CVE-2017-2616: In su with PAM support it was possible for local users to send SIGKILL to selected other processes with root privileges (bsc#1023041).

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 Server for SAP 12:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2017-290=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2017-290=1

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1008965

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012504

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1012632

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1019332

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020077

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1023041

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=947494

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=966891

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=978993

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=982331

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=983164

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=987176

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=988361

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5011/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-2616/

http://www.nessus.org/u?0dd6fd0d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 97380

File Name: suse_SU-2017-0553-1.nasl

Version: 3.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/24/2017

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: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.7

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libblkid1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libblkid1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmount1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libmount1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsmartcols1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsmartcols1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libuuid1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libuuid1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-libmount, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-libmount-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-libmount-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:util-linux, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:util-linux-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:util-linux-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:util-linux-systemd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:util-linux-systemd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:util-linux-systemd-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:uuidd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:uuidd-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: 2/23/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5011, CVE-2017-2616