SuSE9 Security Update : glibc (YOU Patch Number 12775)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55440

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update contains the following fixes :

- Specially crafted input to the fnmatch function could cause an integer overflow. (CVE-2011-1071)

- The output of the 'locale' command was not properly quoted. (CVE-2011-1095)

- Don't search the current directory if $ORIGIN is in RPATH of libraries called by setuid binaries.
(CVE-2011-0536)

Solution

Apply YOU patch number 12775.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0536.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1071.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1095.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55440

File Name: suse9_12775.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/28/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0536, CVE-2011-1071, CVE-2011-1095