openSUSE 10 Security Update : xdg-utils (xdg-utils-4983)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31115

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

xdg-open and xdg-email didn't properly check their arguments.
Therefore e.g. URLs passed to those programs could contain shell code that got executed (CVE-2008-0386).

Solution

Update the affected xdg-utils package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31115

File Name: suse_xdg-utils-4983.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/18/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xdg-utils, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/11/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0386

CWE: 20

Detections

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