SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : ibutils (SAT Patch Numbers 8029 / 8030)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 68874

Synopsis

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

Description

Various tmp races in ibdiagnet of ibutils have been fixed that could have been used by local attackers on machines where infiband was debugged to gain privileges.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 8029 / 8030 as appropriate.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811660

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1894.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 68874

File Name: suse_11_ibutils-130710.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/14/2013

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: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ibutils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ibutils-32bit, 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: 7/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2561