openSUSE Security Update : gettext-runtime (openSUSE-2020-1270)

High Nessus Plugin ID 140020

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VPR Score: 5.9

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

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)

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

Solution

Update the affected gettext-runtime packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1106843

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1113719

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=941629

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140020

File Name: openSUSE-2020-1270.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2020/08/28

Updated: 2020/09/01

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: High

VPR Score: 5.9

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS v3.0

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:opensuse:gettext-csharp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-java, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-runtime, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-runtime-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-runtime-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-runtime-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-runtime-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-runtime-mini, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-runtime-mini-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-runtime-mini-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-tools-mini, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gettext-tools-mini-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2020/08/27

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2018/10/29

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18751