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openSUSE Security Update : shadow (openSUSE-2018-770)

high Nessus Plugin ID 111422

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for shadow fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2016-6252: Incorrect integer handling could results in local privilege escalation (bsc#1099310)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected shadow packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1099310

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 111422

File Name: openSUSE-2018-770.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/30/2018

Updated: 9/2/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6252

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shadow-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shadow-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:shadow

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: 7/28/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6252