SUSE SLES12 Security Update : openldap2 (SUSE-SU-2021:0142-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145205

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for openldap2 fixes the following issues :

CVE-2020-25709: Fixed a crash caused by specially crafted network traffic (bsc#1178909).

CVE-2020-25710: Fixed a crash caused by specially crafted network traffic (bsc#1178909).

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 Server for SAP 12-SP5 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP5-2021-142=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-142=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP3 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP3-2021-142=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP2-2021-142=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Legacy Software 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Legacy-12-2021-142=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178909

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25709/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-25710/

http://www.nessus.org/u?3a2f1819

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145205

File Name: suse_SU-2021-0142-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/20/2021

Updated: 4/20/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25710

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:compat-libldap-2_3, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:compat-libldap-2_3-0-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25709, CVE-2020-25710