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SuSE 11.1 Security Update : CVS (SAT Patch Number 5860)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 58140

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Synopsis

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

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way CVS read proxy connection HTTP responses. An attacker could exploit this to cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the application. (CVE-2012-0804)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5860.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=744059

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0804.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 58140

File Name: suse_11_cvs-120222.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/28/2012

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:cvs, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:cvs-doc, 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: 2/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0804