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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : Recommended update for NetworkManager (SUSE-SU-2019:2258-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 128466

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for NetworkManager fixes the following issues :

Security issue fixed :

Fixed that passwords are not echoed on terminal when asking for them (bsc#990204).

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 Workstation Extension 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-WE-12-SP4-2019-2258=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2258=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-2258=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-2258=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990204

http://www.nessus.org/u?1b69dced

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 128466

File Name: suse_SU-2019-2258-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/3/2019

Updated: 9/10/2019

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:networkmanager-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnm-glib-vpn1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnm-glib-vpn1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnm-glib4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnm-glib4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnm-util2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnm-util2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnm0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libnm0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-nm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-nmclient, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-networkmanager, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/2/2019