openSUSE 10 Security Update : xsupplicant (xsupplicant-2459)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27502

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

xsupplicant has been upgraded to version 1.2.8, which includes bugfixes and one security fix :

CVE-2006-5601: A post-authentication stack overflow in the EAP handling could be used by already authenticated attacker to overflow a stackbuffer and so potentially execute code.

Solution

Update the affected xsupplicant package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27502

File Name: suse_xsupplicant-2459.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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/12/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5601

Detections

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