openSUSE 10 Security Update : virtualbox (virtualbox-5990)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35683

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Insufficient checks on temporary files could allow users to trick others into overwriting arbitrary files (CVE-2008-5256).

Solution

Update the affected virtualbox packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35683

File Name: suse_virtualbox-5990.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/13/2009

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: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xorg-x11-driver-virtualbox, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox-guest-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:virtualbox

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/9/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5256

CWE: 59

Detections

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