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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : sane-backends (SUSE-SU-2020:3065-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 143696
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for sane-backends fixes the following issues :sane-backends was updated to 1.0.31 to further improve hardware enablement for scanner devices (jsc#ECO-2418 jsc#SLE-15561 jsc#SLE-15560) and also fix various security issues :
CVE-2020-12861,CVE-2020-12865: Fixed an out of bounds write (bsc#1172524)
CVE-2020-12862,CVE-2020-12863,CVE-2020-12864,: Fixed an out of bounds read (bsc#1172524)
CVE-2020-12866,CVE-2020-12867: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference (bsc#1172524)
The upstream changelogs can be found here :
https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases/1.0.28
https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases/1.0.29
https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases/1.0.30
https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases/1.0.31
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 Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP2-2020-3065=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Packagehub Subpackages 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-SP1-2020-3065=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2020-3065=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP1-2020-3065=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1172524
https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases/1.0.28
https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases/1.0.29
https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases/1.0.30
https://gitlab.com/sane-project/backends/-/releases/1.0.31
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12861/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12862/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12863/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12864/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12865/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12866/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 143696
File Name: suse_SU-2020-3065-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 12/9/2020
Updated: 2/6/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.9
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-12861
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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:sane-backends, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sane-backends-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sane-backends-autoconfig, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sane-backends-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sane-backends-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:sane-backends-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15
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: 10/28/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-12861, CVE-2020-12862, CVE-2020-12863, CVE-2020-12864, CVE-2020-12865, CVE-2020-12866, CVE-2020-12867