openSUSE 10 Security Update : glib2 (glib2-6209)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 38181

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Large strings could lead to a heap overflow in the base64 encoding and decoding functions. Attackers could potentially exploit that to execute arbitrary code (CVE-2008-4316).

Solution

Update the affected glib2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 38181

File Name: suse_glib2-6209.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4316

CWE: 189

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