SuSE 11.1 Security Update : libsoup (SAT Patch Number 4945)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55774

Synopsis

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

Description

This update of libsoup fixes a directory traversal attack that affect application using the library. CVE-2011-2524: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 4945.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706630

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2524.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55774

File Name: suse_11_libsoup-110731.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/8/2011

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libsoup-2_4-1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libsoup-2_4-1-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2524