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openSUSE Security Update : shadow (openSUSE-2018-1055)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117797

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for shadow fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2018-16588: Prevent useradd from creating intermediate directories with mode 0777 (bsc#1106914)

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=1106914

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117797

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1055.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/27/2018

Updated: 8/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2018-16588

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/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16588