openSUSE 10 Security Update : valgrind (valgrind-5809)

high Nessus Plugin ID 34989

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

valgrind reads a file .valgrindrc in the current directory. Therefore local users could place such a file a world-writable directory such as /tmp and influence other users' valgrind when it's executed there (CVE-2008-4865).

Solution

Update the affected valgrind packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 34989

File Name: suse_valgrind-5809.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/1/2008

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:valgrind-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:valgrind, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4865

Detections

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