SuSE 11.3 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Number 9477)

high Nessus Plugin ID 76604

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Synopsis

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

Description

glibc has been updated to fix one security issue that could have resulted in free-after-use situations.

More information can be found at http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q2/519

This security issue has been fixed :

- posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen fails to copy the path argument (CVE-2014-4043) Also a regression from a previous update has been fixed :

- Don't ignore too long lines in nss_files (bnc#883217)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9477.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 76604

File Name: suse_11_glibc-140701.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 7/20/2014

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

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: 7/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-4043

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