SuSE 10 Security Update : boost (ZYPP Patch Number 4978)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31452

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Certain regular expressions could cause the boost library to crash.
(CVE-2008-0171 / CVE-2008-0172)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 4978.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0171.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0172.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31452

File Name: suse_boost-4978.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/13/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/5/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-0171, CVE-2008-0172

CWE: 20