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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : fwupdate (SUSE-SU-2021:1123-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 148443

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update for fwupdate fixes the following issues :

Add SBAT section to EFI images (bsc#1182057)

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 OpenStack Cloud 7 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-7-2021-1123=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2-BCL :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-BCL-2021-1123=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1182057

http://www.nessus.org/u?85fcf235

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 148443

File Name: suse_SU-2021-1123-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2021

Updated: 4/12/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fwupdate, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fwupdate-efi, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfwup0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libfwup0-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fwupdate-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fwupdate-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:fwupdate-efi-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2021