openSUSE Security Update : rsync (openSUSE-SU-2011:0441-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 53824

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Specially crafted requests could cause a memory corruption on the receiving side of an rsync transfer (client side or server that allows to push) (CVE-2011-1097).

Solution

Update the affected rsync package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=684387

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-05/msg00007.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53824

File Name: suse_11_2_rsync-110404.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/6/2011

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rsync, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/4/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1097