SuSE 11.1 Security Update : glibc (SAT Patch Number 4572)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55441

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update fixes the following security issues found in glibc :

- Specially crafted input to the fnmatch function could cause an integer overflow. (CVE-2011-1071)

- The output of the 'locale' command was not properly quoted. (CVE-2011-1095)

- Unprivileged users could read the NIS shadow database.
(CVE-2010-0015)

- Don't search the current directory if $ORIGIN is in RPATH of libraries called by setuid binaries.
(CVE-2011-0536) The update also includes fixes for non-security bugs. Please refer to the package changelog for details.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 4572.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55441

File Name: suse_11_glibc-110516.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/28/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:nscd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-profile-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-locale, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:glibc-locale-32bit

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0015, CVE-2011-0536, CVE-2011-1071, CVE-2011-1095

CWE: 255

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