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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : caribou (SUSE-SU-2021:1943-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150739

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:1943-1 advisory.

 - A flaw was found in Caribou due to a regression of CVE-2020-25712 fix. An attacker could use this flaw to bypass screen-locking applications that leverage Caribou as an input mechanism. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3567)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186617

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3567

http://www.nessus.org/u?a998d465

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150739

File Name: suse_SU-2021-1943-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/12/2021

Updated: 7/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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-2021-3567

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:caribou, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:caribou-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:caribou-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:caribou-gtk-module-common, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:caribou-gtk2-module, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:caribou-gtk3-module, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:caribou-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcaribou0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:typelib-1_0-caribou-1_0, 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: 6/10/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3567

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:1943-1