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SuSE 11.1 Security Update : boost (SAT Patch Number 6507)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64117

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The following issue has been fixed :

 - boost::pool's ordered_malloc could have overflowed when calculating the allocation size. (CVE-2012-2677)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 6507.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2677.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=765443

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767949

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64117

File Name: suse_11_boost-120705.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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:suse_linux:11:boost-license, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libboost_program_options1_36_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libboost_regex1_36_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libboost_signals1_36_0, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libboost_thread1_36_0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2677