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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : liblouis (SUSE-SU-2020:3107-1)

2020-12-0900:00:00
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6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

This update for liblouis, python-luis and python3-louis fixes the following issue :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2018-17294: Fixed an out of bounds read in matchCurrentInput function which could allow a remote attacker to cause Denail of Service (bsc#1109319).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2020:3107-1.
# The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(143726);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/02/05");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-17294");

  script_name(english:"SUSE SLES12 Security Update : liblouis (SUSE-SU-2020:3107-1)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"This update for liblouis, python-luis and python3-louis fixes the
following issue :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2018-17294: Fixed an out of bounds read in matchCurrentInput
function which could allow a remote attacker to cause Denail of
Service (bsc#1109319).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable
has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
without introducing additional issues.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109319");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17294/");
  # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20203107-1
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?281fed85");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP5 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2020-3107=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP5 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2020-3107=1");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2018-17294");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/09/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/10/30");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/12/09");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis-data");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis-debugsource");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis9");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis9-debuginfo");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-louis");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-louis");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLES12)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLES12", "SUSE " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);

sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
if (os_ver == "SLES12" && (! preg(pattern:"^(5)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES12 SP5", os_ver + " SP" + sp);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"liblouis-data-2.6.4-6.9.24")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"liblouis-debugsource-2.6.4-6.9.24")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"liblouis9-2.6.4-6.9.24")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"liblouis9-debuginfo-2.6.4-6.9.24")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"python-louis-2.6.4-6.9.39")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SLES12", sp:"5", reference:"python3-louis-2.6.4-6.9.41")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "liblouis");
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
novellsuse_linuxliblouis-datap-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis-data
novellsuse_linuxliblouis-debugsourcep-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis-debugsource
novellsuse_linuxliblouis9p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis9
novellsuse_linuxliblouis9-debuginfop-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:liblouis9-debuginfo
novellsuse_linuxpython-louisp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-louis
novellsuse_linuxpython3-louisp-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-louis
novellsuse_linux12cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

6.7 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High