SUSE SLES12: libsolv-devel / libsolv-tools / libzypp / libzypp-devel / perl-solv / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:2145-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151093

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2145-1 advisory.

Security issues fixed:

- CVE-2019-20387: Fixed heap-buffer-overflow in repodata_schema2id (bsc#1161510)
- CVE-2021-3200: testcase_read: error out if repos are added or the system is changed too late (bsc#1186229)

Other issues fixed:

- backport support for blacklisted packages to support ptf packages and retracted patches
- fix ruleinfo of complex dependencies returning the wrong origin
- fix SOLVER_FLAG_FOCUS_BEST updateing packages without reason
- fix add_complex_recommends() selecting conflicted packages in rare cases
- fix potential segfault in resolve_jobrules
- fix solv_zchunk decoding error if large chunks are used

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151093

File Name: suse_SU-2021-2145-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/28/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2019-20387

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:libzypp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-solv, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libzypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libsolv-tools, 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: 6/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20387, CVE-2021-3200

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:2145-1

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