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openSUSE Security Update : amanda (openSUSE-2018-1421)

high Nessus Plugin ID 119026

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for amanda fixes the following security issue :

 - CVE-2016-10729: Local privilege escalation from amanda user to root via unsafe tar command options (bsc#1112916)

Solution

Update the affected amanda packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1112916

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 119026

File Name: openSUSE-2018-1421.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/19/2018

Updated: 7/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10729

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10729