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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : ldns (SUSE-SU-2020:0801-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 134972
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for ldns fixes the following issues :CVE-2017-1000231: Fixed a buffer overflow during token parsing (bsc#1068711).
CVE-2017-1000232: Fixed a double-free vulnerability in str2host.c (bsc#1068709).
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.
Solution
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 Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2020-801=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP1-2020-801=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-801=1
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068709
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1068711
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000231/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 134972
File Name: suse_SU-2020-0801-1.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 3/27/2020
Updated: 3/20/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000232
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
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:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ldns, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ldns-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ldns-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ldns-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldns2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libldns2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-dns-ldns, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:perl-dns-ldns-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-ldns, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-ldns-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2017