openSUSE 10 Security Update : texinfo (texinfo-2264)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27467

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted texinfo files could crash texinfo utilities.
(CVE-2006-4810)

Solution

Update the affected texinfo package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27467

File Name: suse_texinfo-2264.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4810

Detections

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