SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2019:1102-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 124451

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for glibc fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2019-9169: regex: fix read overrun (bsc#1127308, BZ #24114)

CVE-2016-10739: Fully parse IPv4 address strings (bsc#1122729, BZ #20018)

CVE-2009-5155: ERE '0|()0|\1|0' causes regexec undefined behavior (bsc#1127223, BZ #18986)

Non-security issues fixed: Enable TLE only if GLIBC_ELISION_ENABLE=yes is defined (bsc#1131994, fate#322271)

Add more checks for valid ld.so.cache file (bsc#1110661, BZ #18093)

Added cfi information for start routines in order to stop unwinding (bsc#1128574)

ja_JP locale: Add entry for the new Japanese era (bsc#1100396, fate#325570, BZ #22964)

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 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-1102=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-1102=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-1102=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1100396

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1110661

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1122729

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127223

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1127308

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1128574

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1131994

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5155/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10739/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9169/

http://www.nessus.org/u?894a9df5

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 124451

File Name: suse_SU-2019-1102-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/1/2019

Updated: 1/13/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd-debuginfo, 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: 4/30/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5155, CVE-2016-10739, CVE-2019-9169