SuSE 11.3 Security Update : elfutils (SAT Patch Number 10328)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81666

Synopsis

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

Description

elfutils has been updated to fix one security issue :

- Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin.c in elfutils 0.152 and 0.161 allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files to the root directory via a / (slash) in a crafted archive, as demonstrated using the ar program.
(bnc#911662). (CVE-2014-9447)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 10328.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911662

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9447.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81666

File Name: suse_11_elfutils-150218.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/6/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:elfutils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libasm1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libasm1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libdw1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libdw1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libebl1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libebl1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libelf1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libelf1-32bit, 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: 2/18/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9447