openSUSE Security Update : vte/gnome-terminal (openSUSE-SU-2012:0931-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74696

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- Add vte-CVE-2011-2198.patch: fix memory exhaustion through malicious escape sequences. Fix bnc#699214, CVE-2011-2198 (openSUSE 11.4 only).

- Add vte-CVE-2012-2738.patch: fix potential DoS through malicious escape sequences. Fix bnc#772761, CVE-2012-2738.

Solution

Update the affected vte/gnome-terminal packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74696

File Name: openSUSE-2012-471.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glade-catalog-vte, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-pty-helper, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:gnome-pty-helper-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvte2_90-9, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvte2_90-9-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vte-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vte-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vte-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vte-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vte-tools-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2198, CVE-2012-2738

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