openSUSE 10 Security Update : htop (htop-5824)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34981

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

insufficient character filters in htop when displaying commands allowed programs that rewrite their program name to inject escape sequences (CVE-2008-5076).

Solution

Update the affected htop package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34981

File Name: suse_htop-5824.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/1/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:htop, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/24/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5076

CWE: 200

Detections

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