SuSE9 Security Update : pcre (YOU Patch Number 11998)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41169

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Specially crafted regular expressions could lead to a buffer overflow in the pcre library. Applications using pcre to process regular expressions from untrusted sources could therefore potentially be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2007-1659, CVE-2006-7230)

Solution

Apply YOU patch number 11998.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7230.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1659.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41169

File Name: suse9_11998.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-7230, CVE-2007-1659

CWE: 119, 189