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openSUSE Security Update : inn (openSUSE-2021-830)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150275

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for inn fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2021-31998: change user to news before calling innupgrade, which could have allow local privilege escalation. [boo#1182321]

Solution

Update the affected inn packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1182321

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150275

File Name: openSUSE-2021-830.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/4/2021

Updated: 12/27/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31998

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:inn, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:inn-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:inn-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:inn-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mininews, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:mininews-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.2

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/3/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31998