openSUSE Security Update : sudo (openSUSE-2012-73)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74791

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

sudo was prone to a format string vulnerability

Solution

Update the affected sudo packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=743300

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74791

File Name: openSUSE-2012-73.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:sudo-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0809