openSUSE Security Update : gnome-terminal (openSUSE-SU-2012:0933-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74697

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Add vte-CVE-2012-2738.patch: fix potential DoS through malicious escape sequences. Fix bnc#772761, CVE-2012-2738.

Solution

Update the affected gnome-terminal packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=772761

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00003.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74697

File Name: openSUSE-2012-472.nasl

Version: 1.4

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: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vte2-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vte2-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vte2-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-vte-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vte2-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-vte, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvte9-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvte9, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vte2-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:glade3-catalog-vte

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/27/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2738