SuSE 10 Security Update : quota (ZYPP Patch Number 8255)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61771

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

The quota package was updated to fix an issue with tcp_wrappers, where hosts.allow/deny files would have not been correctly honored.
(CVE-2012-3417)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 8255.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3417.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61771

File Name: suse_quota-8255.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2012

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

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: 8/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3417