openSUSE Security Update : rtkit (openSUSE-SU-2013:1548-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75164

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

rtkit was fixed to avoid a TOCTOU race condition that might have allowed local attackers to gain realtime rights they should not have.
(CVE-2013-4326)

Solution

Update the affected rtkit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=836939

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-10/msg00022.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75164

File Name: openSUSE-2013-755.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rtkit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rtkit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rtkit-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, 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: 10/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4326