SuSE 11.1 Security Update : ecryptfs-utils (SAT Patch Number 6187)

high Nessus Plugin ID 64126

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Synopsis

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

Description

ecryptfs-utils was updated to fix a security issue and some bugs.

Security issue fixed: mount.ecryptfs_private did not set correct group ownerships when it modifies mtab. (CVE-2011-3145)

Also some bugs that made this set of tools non-working were fixed.

You need to manually hand setuid root permissions to /sbin/mount.ecryptfs_private if you want to use it as a non-root user.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 6187.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64126

File Name: suse_11_ecryptfs-utils-120420.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-3145

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