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SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:1611-1)

🗓️ 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType 
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The 'glibc' package in SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 and SUSE Linux Enterprise for SAP 12 has a fix for a potential privilege escalation vulnerability and other issues

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2017.1611.1");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-1000366");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-04-19 00:00:00 +0000 (Mon, 19 Apr 2021)");
  script_version("2025-08-15T15:42:25+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 15:42:25 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-07-05 17:07:37 +0000 (Wed, 05 Jul 2017)");

  script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:1611-1)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse_sles", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(SLES12\.0)");

  script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2017:1611-1");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20171611-1.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1038690");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1039357");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/987216");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-June/002956.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'glibc' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2017:1611-1 advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for glibc fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2017-1000366: Fix a potential privilege escalation vulnerability that
 allowed unprivileged system users to manipulate the stack of setuid binaries
 to gain special privileges. [bsc#1039357]

- The incorrectly defined constant O_TMPFILE has been fixed. [bsc#1038690]

- A defect in glibc's regression test suite has been remedied to avoid false
 positives. [bsc#987216]");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'glibc' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";
report = "";

if(release == "SLES12.0") {

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc", rpm:"glibc~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-32bit", rpm:"glibc-32bit~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-devel", rpm:"glibc-devel~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-devel-32bit", rpm:"glibc-devel-32bit~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-html", rpm:"glibc-html~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-i18ndata", rpm:"glibc-i18ndata~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-info", rpm:"glibc-info~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-locale", rpm:"glibc-locale~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-locale-32bit", rpm:"glibc-locale-32bit~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-profile", rpm:"glibc-profile~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"glibc-profile-32bit", rpm:"glibc-profile-32bit~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"nscd", rpm:"nscd~2.19~22.21.1", rls:"SLES12.0"))) {
    report += res;
  }

  if(report != "") {
    security_message(data:report);
  } else if(__pkg_match) {
    exit(99);
  }
  exit(0);
}

exit(0);

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