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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : mailman (SUSE-SU-2020:1301-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 136794
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for mailman fixes the following issues :Security issue fixed :
CVE-2020-12108: Fixed a content injection bug (bsc#1171363).
CVE-2020-12137: Fixed a XSS vulnerability caused by MIME type confusion (bsc#1170558).
Non-security issue fixed :
Fixed rights and ownership on /var/lib/mailman/archives (bsc#1167068).
Don't default to invalid hosts for DEFAULT_EMAIL_HOST (bsc#682920).
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 OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-8-2020-1301=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-8-2020-1301=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2020-1301=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2020-1301=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2020-1301=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP1-2020-1301=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-1301=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2020-1301=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2020-1301=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3-BCL :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-BCL-2020-1301=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2020-1301=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2020-1301=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2020-1301=1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-Storage-5-2020-1301=1
HPE Helion Openstack 8 :
zypper in -t patch HPE-Helion-OpenStack-8-2020-1301=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1167068
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170558
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1171363
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=682920
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12108/
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 136794
File Name: suse_SU-2020-1301-1.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/22/2020
Updated: 3/12/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12137
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12108
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mailman, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mailman-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:mailman-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-12108, CVE-2020-12137