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openSUSE Security Update : messagelib (openSUSE-2019-981)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 123399

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for messagelib fixes the following issues :

The following security vulnerability was addressed :

 - CVE-2018-19516: Fix a potential issue with opening messages in a new browser window when displaying mails as HTML (boo#1117958).

Solution

Update the affected messagelib packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1117958

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 123399

File Name: openSUSE-2019-981.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2019

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-19516

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:messagelib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:messagelib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:messagelib-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:messagelib-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:messagelib-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

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: 3/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-19516