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SuSE 11 / 11.1 Security Update : bzip2 (SAT Patch Numbers 3121 / 3125)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 50893

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update fixes an integer overflow in the BZ2_decompress function of bzip2/libbz2. This could have been exploited via a crafted archive to cause a denial of service or even execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2010-0405)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 3121 / 3125 as appropriate.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=636978

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0405.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 50893

File Name: suse_11_bzip2-100916.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/2/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bzip2, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bzip2-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libbz2-1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libbz2-1-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0405

IAVB: 2010-B-0083