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openSUSE Security Update : kinit (openSUSE-2016-821)

high Nessus Plugin ID 91941

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

kinit was updated to fix one security issue.

This security issue was fixed :

 - CVE-2016-3100: World readable Xauthority file exposed cookie credentials (boo#983926).

Solution

Update the affected kinit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=983926

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 91941

File Name: openSUSE-2016-821.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/5/2016

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: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kinit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kinit-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kinit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kinit-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kinit-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kinit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:kinit-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3100