openSUSE 10 Security Update : man (man-3100)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27345

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A heap based buffer overflow in the 'man' command could potentially be exploited by users to run code as root (CVE-2006-4250).

Solution

Update the affected man package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27345

File Name: suse_man-3100.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:man

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4250

Detections

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