SuSE 11.1 Security Update : pcsc-lite (SAT Patch Number 2670)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51629

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of pcsc-lite fixes a local vulnerability (stack overflow) which allowed every user with write-access to '/var/run/pcscd/pcscd.comm' to gain root privileges. CVE-2010-0407 has been assigned to this issue.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 2670.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609317

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0407.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51629

File Name: suse_11_pcsc-lite-100706.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/21/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:pcsc-lite-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:pcsc-lite

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/6/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0407