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SuSE 10 Security Update : cron (ZYPP Patch Number 6865)

low Nessus Plugin ID 49841

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update of cron fixes a race condition in crontab that can be used to change the time-stamp of arbitrary files while editing the crontab entry.

 - CVSS v2 Base Score: 3.6 Additionally the return value of initgroups() is verified now. (CVE-2010-0424)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 6865.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0424.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 49841

File Name: suse_cron-6865.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/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: 2/19/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0424

CWE: 59