SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : aaa_base (SUSE-SU-2021:3899-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 155854

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3899-1 advisory.

- Allowed ping and ICMP commands without CAP_NET_RAW (bsc#1174504).
- Add $HOME/.local/bin to PATH, if it exists (bsc#1192248).
- Fixed get_kernel_version.c to work also for recent kernels on the s390/X platform (bsc#1191563).
- Support xz compressed kernel (bsc#1162581)

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

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 aaa_base, aaa_base-extras and / or aaa_base-malloccheck packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 155854

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3899-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/4/2021

Updated: 6/26/2026

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:aaa_base-extras, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:aaa_base-malloccheck, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:aaa_base, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 12/3/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2021

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3899-1

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