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openSUSE Security Update : remind (openSUSE-2015-591)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 86046

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

remind was updated to fix a buffer overflow in DumpSysVar (CVE-2015-5957) (bnc#940924)

Solution

Update the affected remind packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=940924

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 86046

File Name: openSUSE-2015-591.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/21/2015

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:remind, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:remind-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:remind-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/11/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5957