SuSE 10 Security Update : Geronimo (ZYPP Patch Number 4967)

high Nessus Plugin ID 30194

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

A chown in the geronimo init script could change ownership of directories it did not own, due to following symlinks. The default setup would corrupt /var/tmp on start.

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 4967.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 30194

File Name: suse_geronimo-4967.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/6/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/31/2008