openSUSE 10 Security Update : pam_mount (pam_mount-5598)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 34263

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

pam_mount allowed users to mount arbitrary devices to any directory when the 'luserconf' configuration directive was set (CVE-2008-3970).

Solution

Update the affected pam_mount packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 34263

File Name: suse_pam_mount-5598.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/23/2008

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_mount-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_mount

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3970

CWE: 264

Detections

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