SuSE 11.2 Security Update : quota (SAT Patch Number 6724)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64223

Synopsis

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

Description

The quota package was updated to fix an issue with tcp_wrappers, where hosts.allow/deny files would have not been correctly honored.
(CVE-2012-3417)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 6724.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772570

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3417.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64223

File Name: suse_11_quota-120823.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:quota, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:quota-nfs, 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: 8/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3417