SUSE SLES12 Security Update : permissions (SUSE-SU-2021:2280-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 151491

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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 a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2280-1 advisory.

- Fork package for 12-SP5 (bsc#1155939)
- make btmp root:utmp (bsc#1050467, bsc#1182899)
- pcp: remove no longer needed / conflicting entries (bsc#1171883). Fixes a potential security issue.
- do not follow symlinks that are the final path element (CVE-2020-8013, bsc#1163922)
- fix handling of relative directory symlinks in chkstat
- whitelist postgres sticky directories (bsc#1123886)
- fix regression where chkstat breaks without /proc available (bsc#1160764, bsc#1160594)
- fix capability handling when doing multiple permission changes at once (bsc#1161779,
- fix invalid free() when permfiles points to argv (bsc#1157198)
- the eror should be reported for permfiles[i], not argv[i], as these are not the same files.
(bsc#1047247, bsc#1097665)
- fix /usr/sbin/pinger ownership to root:squid (bsc#1093414, CVE-2019-3688)
- fix privilege escalation through untrusted symlinks (bsc#1150734, CVE-2019-3690)

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 permissions package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 151491

File Name: suse_SU-2021-2280-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/10/2021

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3690

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:permissions

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: 7/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3688, CVE-2019-3690, CVE-2020-8013

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:2280-1

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