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SuSE 11.1 Security Update : perf (SAT Patch Number 5417)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57127

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

The following perf tool bugs have been fixed :

 - it was issuing excessive number of gettimeofday calls creating noise when trying to measure performance.
 (bnc#607339)

 - it would consider a file named 'config' in the current-working-directory as containing perf configuration data, this fact could be exploited by a malicious user. (bnc#711414, CVE-2011-2905)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5417.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=607339

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=711414

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2905.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57127

File Name: suse_11_perf-111111.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:perf, 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: 11/11/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2905