SuSE 11.1 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Number 5555)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57434

Synopsis

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

Description

The following bug has been fixed :

- Specially crafted time zone files could cause a heap overflow in glibc.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5555.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678195

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=735850

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5029.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57434

File Name: suse_11_glibc-111219.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/5/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-locale-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-profile-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:nscd, 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: 12/19/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-5029