SuSE 11.2 Security Update : RPM (SAT Patch Number 6191)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64214

Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple security vulnerabilities were reported in RPM which could have been exploited via specially crafted RPM files to cause a denial of service (application crash) or potentially allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Additionally, a non-security issue has been fixed that could have caused a division by zero in cycles calculation under rare circumstances.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 6191.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=747225

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754281

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754284

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754285

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0060.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0061.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0815.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64214

File Name: suse_11_popt-120420.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2013

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: 5.9

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:popt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:popt-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:rpm, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:rpm-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: 4/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0060, CVE-2012-0061, CVE-2012-0815