openSUSE Security Update : PackageKit (openSUSE-SU-2013:0889-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 74986

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The PackageKit zypp backend was fixed to only allow patches to be updated. Otherwise a regular user could install new packages or even downgrade older packages to ones with security problems.
(CVE-2013-1764)

Solution

Update the affected PackageKit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 74986

File Name: openSUSE-2013-399.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-backend-zypp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-backend-zypp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-browser-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-browser-plugin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-devel-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-gstreamer-plugin, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-gstreamer-plugin-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-gtk3-module, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-gtk3-module-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:packagekit-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpackagekit-glib2-16, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpackagekit-glib2-16-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpackagekit-glib2-16-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpackagekit-glib2-16-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpackagekit-glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpackagekit-glib2-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-packagekitglib-1_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:typelib-1_0-packagekitplugin-1_0, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1764

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