SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : mgetty (SUSE-SU-2018:2979-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117903

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for mgetty fixes the following security issues :

CVE-2018-16741: The function do_activate() did not properly sanitize shell metacharacters to prevent command injection (bsc#1108752)

CVE-2018-16745: The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to a buffer overflow if long untrusted input reached it (bsc#1108756)

CVE-2018-16744: The mail_to parameter was not sanitized, leading to command injection if untrusted input reached reach it (bsc#1108757)

CVE-2018-16742: Prevent stack-based buffer overflow that could have been triggered via a command-line parameter (bsc#1108762)

CVE-2018-16743: The command-line parameter username wsa passed unsanitized to strcpy(), which could have caused a stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#1108761)

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 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2018-2122=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP3:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2018-2122=1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117903

File Name: suse_SU-2018-2979-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/3/2018

Updated: 2/17/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16741

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:g3utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:g3utils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mgetty, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mgetty-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mgetty-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16741, CVE-2018-16742, CVE-2018-16743, CVE-2018-16744, CVE-2018-16745

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