SUSE SLES12 Security Update : zsh (SUSE-SU-2022:0161-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 157128

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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-2022:0161-1 advisory.

- CVE-2018-0502: Fixed execve call vulnerability to program named on the second line when the beginning of a #! script file was mishandled. (bsc#1107296, bsc#1107294)
- CVE-2018-13259: Fixed execve call vulnerability to program name that is a substring of the intended one.
(bsc#1107296, bsc#1107294)

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 zsh package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 157128

File Name: suse_SU-2022-0161-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/26/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-13259

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:zsh, 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: 1/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0502, CVE-2018-13259

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:0161-1

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