openSUSE Security Update : glib2 (openSUSE-SU-2010:0156-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 46010

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The when copying symbolic links the g_file_copy function set the target of the link to mode 0777 therefore exposing potentially sensitive information or allowing other user to modify files they should not have access to (CVE-2009-3289).

This update also fixes a problem where glib2 couldn't access remote URLs when run outside of a gnome session.

Solution

Update the affected glib2 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 46010

File Name: suse_11_1_glib2-100119.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 4/27/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libglib-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2-branding-upstream, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgobject-2_0-0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgmodule-2_0-0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgthread-2_0-0-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgio-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glib2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgio-fam, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgobject-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libglib-2_0-0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgio-2_0-0-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgmodule-2_0-0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libgthread-2_0-0

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3289

CWE: 264

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