openSUSE 10 Security Update : rsh (rsh-5584)

high Nessus Plugin ID 34986

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

in.rexecd was not using the system wide limits, potentially allowing remote rexec users to exhaust all system resources.

This patch fixes it.

Solution

Update the affected rsh packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34986

File Name: suse_rsh-5584.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/1/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rsh, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rsh-server

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2008

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