SuSE 11.3 Security Update : file (SAT Patch Number 9066)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74087

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Synopsis

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

Description

The command line tool file(1) and its library libmagic have been updated to fix the following issues :

- file(1) crashed when parsing some PE executables.
(CVE-2014-2270, bnc#866750)

- file(1) did not set return code on non-existing files.
(bnc#863450)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9066.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74087

File Name: suse_11_file-140331.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/19/2014

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/31/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2270

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