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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : libdb-4_5 (SUSE-SU-2018:0409-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106746

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for libdb-4_5 fixes the following issues :

 - A DB_CONFIG file in the current working directory allowed local users to obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack involving a setgid or setuid application using libdb-4_8. (bsc#1043886)

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 Studio Onsite 1.3:zypper in -t patch slestso13-libdb-4_5-13459=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-libdb-4_5-13459=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-libdb-4_5-13459=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libdb-4_5-13459=1

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

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1043886

http://www.nessus.org/u?683222b9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106746

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0409-1.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:db-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:db-utils-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:db-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdb-4_5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdb

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2018