SUSE SLES11 Security Update : inn (SUSE-SU-2021:14750-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150914

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES11 / SLES_SAP11 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:14750-1 advisory.

- CVE-2021-31998: Fixed locale privialge escalation during the update of inn (bsc#1182321).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected inn package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150914

File Name: suse_SU-2021-14750-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/21/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:inn

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31998

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:14750-1

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