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openSUSE Security Update : sddm (openSUSE-2018-862)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111670

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for sddm fixes the following issues :

The following security vulnerability was addressed :

 - CVE-2018-14345: Fixed the authentication, which did not check the password for users with an already existing session and allowed any user with access to the system bus to unlock any graphical session. (boo#1101450)

The following other bugs were addressed :

 - Fallback to embedded theme, if none is set

 - Corrected section name for Wayland

 - Removed patch, which is no longer needed, because bug in libxcb was fixed in the meanwhile (boo#1099908)

Solution

Update the affected sddm packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1099908

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1101450

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111670

File Name: openSUSE-2018-862.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-branding-opensuse, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sddm-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14345