openSUSE Security Update : aaa_base (openSUSE-SU-2011:0171-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75416

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The boot.localfs init script wrote a file to /dev/shm during shut-down. Since local users may create symlinks there a malicious user could cause corruption of arbitrary files (CVE-2011-0461).

Solution

Update the affected aaa_base package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=665479

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00007.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75416

File Name: suse_11_3_aaa_base-110202.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:aaa_base, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0461