SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1)
🗓️ 19 Apr 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trusted Boot Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability | 21 Nov 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-16837 | 16 Nov 201702:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-16837 | 16 Nov 201702:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2017-16837 | 16 Nov 201702:00 | – | debiancve | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : tboot (EulerOS-SA-2021-1236) | 4 Feb 202100:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.2.6 : tboot (EulerOS-SA-2021-1452) | 10 Mar 202100:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS Virtualization 3.0.6.6 : tboot (EulerOS-SA-2021-1521) | 4 Mar 202100:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP3 : tboot (EulerOS-SA-2021-1855) | 30 Apr 202100:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : tboot (openSUSE-2017-1308) | 27 Nov 201700:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 6 : tboot (Unpatched Vulnerability) | 11 May 202400:00 | – | nessus |
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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2017.3090.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-16837");
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:"4.6");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
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:"2017-12-04 16:52:12 +0000 (Mon, 04 Dec 2017)");
script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1)");
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\.0SP2|SLES12\.0SP3)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2017/suse-su-20173090-1.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1057555");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/1068390");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2017-November/003415.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'tboot' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2017:3090-1 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 tboot fixes the following issues:
Security issue fixed:
- CVE-2017-16837: Certain function pointers in Trusted Boot (tboot) through 1.9.6 are
notvalidated and can cause arbitrary code execution, which allows local users
tooverwrite dynamic PCRs of Trusted Platform Module (TPM) by h (bsc#1068390)
Bug fixes:
- Fixed failed trusted boot on some systems like Intel Xeon 'Purley 8s' processors. The
following error message showed: 'TBOOT: wait-for-sipi loop timed-out'. Booting continued
but 'TXT measured launch' was wrongly reported as FALSE. (bsc#1057555)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'tboot' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP3, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12-SP3.");
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 == "SLES12.0SP2") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tboot", rpm:"tboot~20160518_1.9.4~7.5.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP2"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
if(release == "SLES12.0SP3") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"tboot", rpm:"tboot~20160518_1.9.4~7.5.1", rls:"SLES12.0SP3"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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