openSUSE Security Update : libcgroup-devel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0316-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 53746

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

libcgroup suffered from a heap based buffer overflow (CVE-2011-1006).

The cgrulesengd daemon did not verify the origin of netlink messages, allowing local users to spoof events (CVE-2011-1022).

Solution

Update the affected libcgroup-devel packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675048

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675506

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00027.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 53746

File Name: suse_11_2_libcgroup-devel-110304.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/5/2011

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcgroup-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcgroup1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcgroup1-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1006, CVE-2011-1022