SUSE SLES11 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2018:2883-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 117804
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for glibc fixes the following security issues :CVE-2017-15670: Prevent off-by-one error that lead to a heap-based buffer overflow in the glob function, related to the processing of home directories using the ~ operator followed by a long string (bsc#1064583)
CVE-2017-15804: The glob function contained a buffer overflow during unescaping of user names with the ~ operator (bsc#1064580)
CVE-2015-5180: res_query in libresolv allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and process crash) (bsc#941234).
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 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 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-glibc-13795=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-glibc-13795=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP3-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp3-glibc-13795=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-glibc-13795=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-glibc-13795=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-glibc-13795=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1058774
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064580
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1064583
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=941234
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5180/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15670/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 117804
File Name: suse_SU-2018-2883-1.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 9/27/2018
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/27/2017