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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : smt (SUSE-SU-2018:2899-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 117899
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for smt to 2.0.34 fixes the following issues :These security issues were fixed :
CVE-2018-12471: Xml External Entity processing in the RegistrationSharing modules allowed to read arbitrary file read (bsc#1103809)
CVE-2018-12470: SQL injection in RegistrationSharing module allows remote attackers to run arbitary SQL statements (bsc#1103810)
CVE-2018-12472: Authentication bypass in sibling check facilitated further attacks on SMT (bsc#1104076)
SUSE would like to thank Jake Miller for reporting these issues to us.
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 Server 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch slesmtsp3-smt-13798=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1072921
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1074608
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1103809
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1103810
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1104076
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12470/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-12471/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 117899
File Name: suse_SU-2018-2899-1.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 10/3/2018
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#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:res-signingkeys, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:smt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:smt-support, 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: 9/27/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2018