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SuSE9 Security Update : Apache 2 (YOU Patch Number 12000)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41170

Synopsis

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

Description

Apache2 contains a copy of the pcre library. Specially crafted regular expressions could lead to a buffer overflow in the pcre library.
Applications using pcre to process regular expressions from untrusted sources could therefore potentially be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2006-7224, CVE-2007-1660)

Solution

Apply YOU patch number 12000.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-7224.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1660.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41170

File Name: suse9_12000.nasl

Version: 1.12

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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: 12/6/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4872, CVE-2006-7227, CVE-2006-7228, CVE-2007-1660

CWE: 119, 189