SuSE 11.1 Security Update : man-pages (SAT Patch Number 5064)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 56019

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

Manual pages for several kernel and library functions were added. The crypt(3) manual page was updated to also list the 2y prefix.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5064.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707484

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=707487

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=713389

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2483.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 56019

File Name: suse_11_man-pages-110825.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/31/2011

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: High

Score: 7.3

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:man-pages, 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: 8/25/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2483