openSUSE Security Update : percona-toolkit / xtrabackup (openSUSE-SU-2014:0333-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75277

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

percona-toolkit and xtrabackup were updated :

- disable automatic version check for all tools [bnc#864194] Prevents transmission of version information to an external host in the default configuration. CVE-2014-2029 Can be used by owner of a Percona Server (or an attacker who can control this destination for the client) to collect arbitrary MySQL configuration parameters and execute commands (with -v).
Now the version check needs to be requested via command line or global/tool specific/user configuration.
(--version-check)

- added /etc/percona-toolkit/percona-toolkit.conf configuration directory and template configuration file

Solution

Update the affected percona-toolkit / xtrabackup packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75277

File Name: openSUSE-2014-184.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:percona-toolkit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtrabackup, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtrabackup-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xtrabackup-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2029

BID: 65621

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