SuSE 11.1 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Number 2700)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57105

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of glibc fixes the following bugs and security issues :

- The implementation of initgroups() of the nss_compat module omits all NIS groups at the second invocation within the same process, and also uses a needlessly inefficient method to determine the NIS groups.

- An integer overflow that allows arbitrary code execution by running ld.so --verify could be exploited by a specially crafted binary. (CVE-2010-0830)

- The addmntent() function does not escape the newline character properly, allowing the user to insert arbitrary newlines to /etc/mtab. This could be exploited to insert custom entries into /etc/mtab if addmntent() gets called by a setuid mount binary that does not perform extra input checking. (CVE-2010-0296)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 2700.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=592941

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=594263

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607064

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0296.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0830.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57105

File Name: suse_11_glibc-100709.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:suse_linux:11:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-locale-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-profile-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:nscd, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/9/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0296, CVE-2010-0830