openSUSE Security Update : bogofilter (openSUSE-SU-2010:0439-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 47852

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of bogofilter/bogolexer fixes a heap based buffer underflow vulnerability which could be exploited to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code (CVE-2010-2494).

Solution

Update the affected bogofilter package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=619847

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2010-07/msg00048.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 47852

File Name: suse_11_1_bogofilter-100708.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/27/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:bogofilter, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/8/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2494