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openSUSE Security Update : dosbox (openSUSE-2019-1905)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 127997

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for dosbox fixes the following issues :

Security issues fixed :

 - CVE-2019-7165: Fixed that a very long line inside a bat file would overflow the parsing buffer (bnc#1140254).

 - CVE-2019-12594: Added a basic permission system so that a program running inside DOSBox can't access the contents of /proc (e.g. /proc/self/mem) when / or /proc were (to be) mounted (bnc#1140254).

 - Several other fixes for out of bounds access and buffer overflows.

Solution

Update the affected dosbox packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1140254

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 127997

File Name: openSUSE-2019-1905.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/20/2019

Updated: 9/23/2020

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dosbox, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dosbox-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dosbox-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.1

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/2/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-12594, CVE-2019-7165