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SuSE 10 Security Update : glibc (ZYPP Patch Number 8579)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66802

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This collective update for the GNU C library (glibc) provides the following fixes :

 - Fix stack overflow in getaddrinfo with many results.
 (bnc#813121, CVE-2013-1914)

 - Fix locking in _IO_cleanup. (bnc#796982)

 - Fix buffer overflow in glob. (bnc#691365)

 - Fix memory leak in execve (bnc#805899)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 8579.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1914.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66802

File Name: suse_glibc-8579.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/5/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1914