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openSUSE Security Update : arpwatch (openSUSE-SU-2012:0915-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 74689

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Changes in arpwatch :

 - arpwatch-2.1a11-drop-privs.dif: call initgroups() with pw->pw_gid, not NULL, to not have groupid 0 initialized.
 (bnc#764521, CVE-2012-2653)

Solution

Update the affected arpwatch packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=764521

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00049.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 74689

File Name: openSUSE-2012-439.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

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

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:arpwatch, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:arpwatch-ethercodes-build, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:arpwatch-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:arpwatch-debugsource

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/18/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2653