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openSUSE Security Update : libstorage (openSUSE-2016-1062)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93390

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libstorage fixes the following issues :

 - Use stdin, not tmp files for passwords (bsc#986971, CVE-2016-5746)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP1:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected libstorage packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=986971

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93390

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1062.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/9/2016

Updated: 1/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.2

Temporal Score: 0.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-5746

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libstorage-ruby-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:yast2-storage, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libstorage-testsuite-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libstorage-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libstorage-python-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libstorage6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libstorage6-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libstorage-python, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:yast2-storage-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:yast2-storage-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libstorage-ruby, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libstorage-testsuite, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libstorage-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:yast2-storage-debuginfo

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5746