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openSUSE Security Update : htop (htop-332)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 39986

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

insufficient character filters in htop when displaying commands allowed programs that rewrite their program name to inject escape sequences (CVE-2008-5076).

Solution

Update the affected htop package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=440951

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 39986

File Name: suse_11_0_htop-081124.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:htop, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5076

CWE: 200