SUSE SLES15 Security Update : rmt-server (SUSE-SU-2020:3036-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 143751

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for rmt-server fixes the following issues :

Update to version 2.6.5: Solved potential bug of SCC repository URLs changing over time. RMT now self heals by removing the previous invalid repository and creating the correct one.

Add web server settings to /etc/rmt.conf: Now it's possible to configure the minimum and maximum threads count as well the number of web server workers to be booted through /etc/rmt.conf.

Instead of using an MD5 of URLs for custom repository friendly_ids, RMT now builds an ID from the name.

Fix RMT file caching based on timestamps: Previously, RMT sent GET requests with the header 'If-Modified-Since' to a repository server and if the response had a 304 (Not Modified), it would copy a file from the local cache instead of downloading. However, if the local file timestamp accidentally changed to a date newer than the one on the repository server, RMT would have an outdated file, which caused some errors. Now, RMT makes HEAD requests to the repositories servers and inspect the 'Last-Modified' header to decide whether to download a file or copy it from cache, by comparing the equalness of timestamps.

Fixed an issue where relative paths supplied to `rmt-cli import repos` caused the command to fail.

Friendlier IDs for custom repositories: In an effort to simplify the handling of SCC and custom repositories, RMT now has friendly IDs. For SCC repositories, it's the same SCC ID as before. For custom repositories, it can either be user provided or RMT generated (MD5 of the provided URL). Benefits :

- `rmt-cli mirror repositories` now works for custom repositories.

- Custom repository IDs can be the same across RMT instances.

- No more confusing 'SCC ID' vs 'ID' in `rmt-cli` output.
Deprecation Warnings :

- RMT now uses a different ID for custom repositories than before. RMT still supports that old ID, but it's recommended to start using the new ID to ensure future compatibility.

Updated rails and puma dependencies for security fixes.

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 Server Applications 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP2-2020-3036=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP2-2020-3036=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 143751

File Name: suse_SU-2020-3036-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/9/2020

Updated: 12/17/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8165

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rmt-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rmt-server-config, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rmt-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rmt-server-debugsource, 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: 10/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2019

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Metasploit (Ruby On Rails DoubleTap Development Mode secret_key_base Vulnerability)

Elliot (Rails File Disclosure)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16770, CVE-2019-5418, CVE-2019-5419, CVE-2019-5420, CVE-2020-11076, CVE-2020-11077, CVE-2020-15169, CVE-2020-5247, CVE-2020-5249, CVE-2020-5267, CVE-2020-8164, CVE-2020-8165, CVE-2020-8166, CVE-2020-8167, CVE-2020-8184, CVE-2020-8185

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