openSUSE 10 Security Update : links (links-2292)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27342

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Malicious websites could abuse smb:// URLs to read or write arbitrary files of the user (CVE-2006-5925). Therefore this update disables SMB support in links.

Solution

Update the affected links package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27342

File Name: suse_links-2292.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:links

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5925

Detections

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