openSUSE 10 Security Update : boost (boost-4946)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31451

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Certain regular expressions could cause the boost library to crash (CVE-2008-0171, CVE-2008-0172).

Solution

Update the affected boost packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31451

File Name: suse_boost-4946.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 3/13/2008

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:boost, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:boost-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, 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, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0171, CVE-2008-0172

CWE: 20

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