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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : libtirpc (SUSE-SU-2018:2171-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111525

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for libtirpc fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed :

 - bsc#968175: Fix remote crash of RPC services. Bug fixes :

 - bsc#1072183: Send RPC getport call as specified via parameter.

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 Software Development Kit 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP3-2018-1474=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-1474=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-1474=1

SUSE CaaS Platform ALL :

To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 :

To install this update, use the SUSE CaaS Platform Velum dashboard. It will inform you if it detects new updates and let you then trigger updating of the complete cluster in a controlled way.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072183

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=968175

http://www.nessus.org/u?ccf5469d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111525

File Name: suse_SU-2018-2171-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/3/2018

Updated: 1/13/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtirpc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtirpc-netconfig, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtirpc3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libtirpc3-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/2/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/2/2018