SuSE 11.1 Security Update : ncpfs (SAT Patch Number 5045)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57120

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Synopsis

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

Description

Following issues are fixed by this update :

- The ncpfs mount and umount programs were affected by the /etc/mtab truncation problems on RLIMIT_FSIZE.
(CVE-2011-1679)

- on errors, the mtab lock was not removed, blocking other applications from modifying /etc/mtab. (CVE-2011-1680)

- we now keep the connection socket alive to avoid losing ncpfs mounts (bnc#621810)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5045.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57120

File Name: suse_11_ncpfs-110824.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/13/2011

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1089, CVE-2011-1679, CVE-2011-1680

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