openSUSE Security Update : dracut (openSUSE-2015-765)

high Nessus Plugin ID 86923

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The dracut package was updated to fix the following security and non security issues :

- CVE-2015-0794: Use mktemp instead of hardcoded filenames, possible vulnerability (bnc#935338).

- Always install mdraid modules (boo#935993).

- Add notice when dracut failed to install modules (bsc#952491).

Solution

Update the affected dracut packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 86923

File Name: openSUSE-2015-765.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 11/19/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut-fips, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dracut-debugsource

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0794

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