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openSUSE Security Update : valgrind (valgrind-321)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40146

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.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445013

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40146

File Name: suse_11_0_valgrind-081121.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

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: 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, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:valgrind, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4865