openSUSE 10 Security Update : arts (arts-1670)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27154

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The KDE soundserver aRts lacked checks around some setuid() calls.
This could potentially be used by a local attacker to gain root privileges. (CVE-2006-2916)

Solution

Update the affected arts packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27154

File Name: suse_arts-1670.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:arts, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:arts-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2916