SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : gettext-runtime (SUSE-SU-2020:2296-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 139781

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for gettext-runtime fixes the following issues :

Fix boo941629-unnessary-rpath-on-standard-path.patch (bsc#941629)

Added msgfmt-double-free.patch to fix a double free error (CVE-2018-18751 bsc#1113719)

Add patch msgfmt-reset-msg-length-after-remove.patch which does reset the length of message string after a line has been removed (bsc#1106843)

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 Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-2296=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-2296=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 139781

File Name: suse_SU-2020-2296-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/25/2020

Updated: 2/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18751

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gettext-runtime-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gettext-runtime-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gettext-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gettext-runtime, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gettext-runtime-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:gettext-tools

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: 8/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18751

Detections

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