SUSE SLES11 Security Update : rsync (SUSE-SU-2016:1866-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93183

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

rsync was updated to fix one security issue.

- CVE-2014-9512: rsync allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the synchronization path (bsc#915410).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-rsync-12664=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-rsync-12664=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93183

File Name: suse_SU-2016-1866-1.nasl

Version: 2.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/29/2016

Updated: 1/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9512

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:rsync

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9512

Detections

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