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openSUSE Security Update : atheme (openSUSE-2017-456)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99294

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for atheme fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2017-6384: Memory leak in the login_user function allowing for DoS (boo#1027614)

 - Use after free that could potentially be used by an attacker already having the privilege to use SASL impersonation to cause a denial of service.

This update also contains a number of upstream bug fixes.

Solution

Update the affected atheme packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1027614

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99294

File Name: openSUSE-2017-456.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/12/2017

Updated: 12/26/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6384

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:atheme-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:atheme-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:atheme, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libathemecore1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:atheme-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libathemecore1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6384