SuSE 11.1 Security Update : bash (SAT Patch Number 6541)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64110

Synopsis

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

Description

Parsing the /dev/fd prefix could have lead to a stack-based buffer overflow which could have been exploited by attackers to bypass security restrictions. This has been fixed.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 6541.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=770795

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3410.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64110

File Name: suse_11_bash-120713.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2013

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: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libreadline5, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bash, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libreadline5-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:readline-doc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:bash-doc

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3410