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openSUSE Security Update : partclone (openSUSE-2017-389)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 99021

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for partclone fixes the following minor security issue :

 - CVE-2017-6596: A malicious user could have exploited a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability by supplying a specially crafted image to cause a denial of service (boo#1028904)

The following non-security changes are included :

 - Support for fuse

Solution

Update the affected partclone packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1028904

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 99021

File Name: openSUSE-2017-389.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/28/2017

Updated: 12/29/2025

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6596

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:partclone-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:partclone-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:partclone, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:partclone-debugsource

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: 3/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6596