SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : automake (SAT Patch Numbers 8196 / 8197)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 69345

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of automake fixes a race condition in 'distcheck'.
(CVE-2012-3386)

Also a bug where world writeable tarballs were generated during 'make dist' has been fixed. (CVE-2009-4029)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 8196 / 8197 as appropriate.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 69345

File Name: suse_11_automake-130812.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/14/2013

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: 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:automake

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-4029, CVE-2012-3386

CWE: 264

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