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SuSE9 Security Update : screen (YOU Patch Number 11260)

low Nessus Plugin ID 41104

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

A special formed UTF-8 sequence in text could be used to crash the terminal multitasker screen by overwriting memory in the heap. This is potentially exploitable to execute code. (CVE-2006-4573)

Solution

Apply YOU patch number 11260.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-4573.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 41104

File Name: suse9_11260.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4573