SUSE update for libosinfo

1) Credentials management

EUVDB-ID: #VU33176

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 6.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-13313

CWE-ID: CWE-255 - Credentials Management

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to execute arbitrary code.

libosinfo 1.5.0 allows local users to discover credentials by listing a process, because credentials are passed to osinfo-install-script via the command line.

Mitigation

Update the affected package libosinfo to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP5

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP5

libosinfo-lang: before 1.2.0-3.3.2

libosinfo-1_0-0-debuginfo: before 1.2.0-3.3.2

libosinfo: before 1.2.0-3.3.2

libosinfo-1_0-0: before 1.2.0-3.3.2

typelib-1_0-Libosinfo-1_0: before 1.2.0-3.3.2

libosinfo-devel: before 1.2.0-3.3.2

libosinfo-debuginfo: before 1.2.0-3.3.2

libosinfo-debugsource: before 1.2.0-3.3.2

External links

http://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2024/suse-su-20241700-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

No. This vulnerability can be exploited locally. The attacker should have authentication credentials and successfully authenticate on the system.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.