SUSE-SA:2006:007: binutils,kdelibs3,kdegraphics3,koffice,dia,lyx

high Nessus Plugin ID 20901

Synopsis

The remote host is missing a vendor-supplied security patch

Description

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2006:007 (binutils,kdelibs3,kdegraphics3,koffice,dia,lyx).

A SUSE specific patch to the GNU linker 'ld' removes redundant RPATH and RUNPATH components when linking binaries.

Due to a bug in this routine ld occasionally left empty RPATH components. When running a binary with empty RPATH components the dynamic linker tries to load shared libraries from the current directory.

By tricking users into running an affected application in a directory that contains a specially crafted shared library an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the user id of the victim.

Solution

http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2006_07_binutils.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20901

File Name: suse_SA_2006_007.nasl

Version: 1.9

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/14/2006

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Detections

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