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openSUSE Security Update : apport (apport-816)

low Nessus Plugin ID 40189

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The apport crash watcher / handler suite contains a cron job that cleanes the world writeable /var/crash directory unsafely, allowing local attackers to remove random files on the system. (CVE-2009-1295)

This update fixes this.

Solution

Update the affected apport packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=495053

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 40189

File Name: suse_11_1_apport-090422.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apport, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apport-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apport-retrace, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apport-gtk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:apport-crashdb-opensuse

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-1295

CWE: 16