openSUSE Security Update : systemtap (openSUSE-SU-2013:0475-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74926

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This systemtap updated fixes a security issue and bugs :

Security fix: Fix kernel panic when processing malformed DWARF unwind data (bnc#748564 CVE-2012-0875)

Also bugs were fixed :

- Change how systemtap looks for tracepoint header files (bnc#796574, new patch:
systemtap-build-source-dir.patch)

- Add libebl1 dependency. Systemtap manually loads libebl backends and the manual Requires: was incorrectly removed in a previous revision (bnc#800335)

Solution

Update the affected systemtap packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74926

File Name: openSUSE-2013-213.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemtap, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemtap-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemtap-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemtap-runtime, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemtap-runtime-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemtap-sdt-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemtap-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:systemtap-server-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/9/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0875

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