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openSUSE Security Update : jhead (jhead-399)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40243

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of jhead fixes several security problems :

 - CVE-2008-4575: buffer overflow in DoCommand()

 - CVE-2008-4639: local symlink attack

 - CVE-2008-4640: DoCommand() allowed deletion of arbitrary files

 - CVE-2008-4641: execution of arbitrary shell commands in DoCommand()

Solution

Update the affected jhead package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=435979

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40243

File Name: suse_11_1_jhead-090108.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jhead, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4575, CVE-2008-4639, CVE-2008-4640, CVE-2008-4641

CWE: 119, 20, 59