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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2021:1165-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 148524
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for glibc fixes the following issues :CVE-2020-27618: Accept redundant shift sequences in IBM1364 (bsc#1178386)
CVE-2020-29562: Fix incorrect UCS4 inner loop bounds (bsc#1179694)
CVE-2020-29573: Harden printf against non-normal long double values (bsc#1179721)
Check vector support in memmove ifunc-selector (bsc#1184034)
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 Crowbar 9 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-1165=1
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-1165=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2021-1165=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-SP4-2021-1165=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2021-1165=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4-LTSS :
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-LTSS-2021-1165=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178386
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179694
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1179721
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1184034
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27618/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-29562/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 148524
File Name: suse_SU-2021-1165-1.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 4/14/2021
Updated: 1/4/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-29573
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12
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: 4/13/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/4/2020