Security update for nmap

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2019:1290-1
Rating: moderate
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2018-15173 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2018-15173 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
  • SUSE Package Hub 15

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Description:

This update for nmap fixes the following issues:

Security issue fixed:

  • CVE-2018-15173: Fixed a remote denial of service attack via a crafted TCP-based service (bsc#1104139).

Non-security issue fixed:

  • Add missing runtime dependency python-xml which prevented zenmap from starting (bsc#1133512).

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:

  • Basesystem Module 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-2019-1290=1
  • SUSE Package Hub 15
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Packagehub-Subpackages-15-2019-1290=1

Package List:

  • Basesystem Module 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • nmap-debugsource-7.70-3.5.1
    • nmap-debuginfo-7.70-3.5.1
    • nmap-7.70-3.5.1
  • SUSE Package Hub 15 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • nmap-debugsource-7.70-3.5.1
    • nmap-debuginfo-7.70-3.5.1
    • nping-debuginfo-7.70-3.5.1
    • nping-7.70-3.5.1

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