SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : elfutils (SUSE-SU-2019:1486-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 125921

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for elfutils fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

CVE-2017-7607: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in handle_gnu_hash (bsc#1033084)

CVE-2017-7608: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in ebl_object_note_type_name() (bsc#1033085)

CVE-2017-7609: Fixed a memory allocation failure in
__libelf_decompress (bsc#1033086)

CVE-2017-7610: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in check_group (bsc#1033087)

CVE-2017-7611: Fixed a denial of service via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1033088)

CVE-2017-7612: Fixed a denial of service in check_sysv_hash() via a crafted ELF file (bsc#1033089)

CVE-2017-7613: Fixed denial of service caused by the missing validation of the number of sections and the number of segments in a crafted ELF file (bsc#1033090)

CVE-2018-16062: Fixed a heap-buffer overflow in /elfutils/libdw/dwarf_getaranges.c:156 (bsc#1106390)

CVE-2018-16402: Fixed a denial of service/double free on an attempt to decompress the same section twice (bsc#1107066)

CVE-2018-16403: Fixed a heap buffer overflow in readelf (bsc#1107067)

CVE-2018-18310: Fixed an invalid address read problem in dwfl_segment_report_module.c (bsc#1111973)

CVE-2018-18520: Fixed bad handling of ar files inside are files (bsc#1112726)

CVE-2018-18521: Fixed a denial of service vulnerabilities in the function arlib_add_symbols() used by eu-ranlib (bsc#1112723)

CVE-2019-7150: dwfl_segment_report_module doesn't check whether the dyn data read from core file is truncated (bsc#1123685)

CVE-2019-7665: NT_PLATFORM core file note should be a zero terminated string (bsc#1125007)

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-SP1-2019-1486=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2019-1486=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-1486=1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 125921

File Name: suse_SU-2019-1486-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/14/2019

Updated: 1/13/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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 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:elfutils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:elfutils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:elfutils-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libasm-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libasm1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libasm1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libasm1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdw-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdw1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdw1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libdw1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libebl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libebl-plugins, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libebl-plugins-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libebl-plugins-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libelf-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libelf1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libelf1-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libelf1-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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: 6/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7607, CVE-2017-7608, CVE-2017-7609, CVE-2017-7610, CVE-2017-7611, CVE-2017-7612, CVE-2017-7613, CVE-2018-16062, CVE-2018-16402, CVE-2018-16403, CVE-2018-18310, CVE-2018-18520, CVE-2018-18521, CVE-2019-7150, CVE-2019-7665

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