openSUSE Security Update : permissions (openSUSE-2019-2672)

high Nessus Plugin ID 131997

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for permissions fixes the following issues :

- CVE-2019-3688: Changed wrong ownership in /usr/sbin/pinger to root:squid which could have allowed a squid user to gain persistence by changing the binary (bsc#1093414).

- CVE-2019-3690: Fixed a privilege escalation through untrusted symbolic links (bsc#1150734).

- Fixed a regression which caused sagmentation fault (bsc#1157198).

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15-SP1:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected permissions packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1093414

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1150734

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1157198

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 131997

File Name: openSUSE-2019-2672.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/12/2019

Updated: 12/23/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2019-3690

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:opensuse:permissions, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:permissions-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:permissions-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:permissions-zypp-plugin, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1

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: 12/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3688, CVE-2019-3690