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SUSE: 2024:1700-1 Low Risk of Password Leak in Libosinfo Security Threat

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Calendar Grey May 20, 2024
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This advisory highlights a vulnerability identified in libosinfo, offering guidance for remediation on impacted SUSE platforms.
* bsc#1140749 Cross-References: * CVE-2019-13313

Summary

## This update for libosinfo fixes the following issues: * CVE-2019-13313: Fixed password leak via command line argument inside osinfo- install-script (bsc#1140749). ## Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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 Software Development Kit 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP5-2024-1700=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1700=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1700=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-2024-1700=1 ## Package List:

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security advisory threat patch SUSE low password leak libosinfo

References

* bsc#1140749

Cross-

* CVE-2019-13313

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2019-13313 ( SUSE ): 2.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2019-13313 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2019-13313 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13313.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140749

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:1700-1
Rating: low

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