openSUSE Security Update : coreutils (openSUSE-SU-2012:0621-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74628

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

when running 'su -c' to execute commands as different user the target user could inject command back into the calling user's terminal via the TIOCSTI ioctl.

Solution

Update the affected coreutils packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74628

File Name: openSUSE-2012-278.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:coreutils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:coreutils-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:coreutils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:coreutils-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/4/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4890

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