openSUSE Security Update : cronie (openSUSE-SU-2013:0205-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75057

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- Fix Bug 786096 - cron: does not close file descriptors before invocation of commands - bug-786096_cronie-fdleak.diff (CVE-2012-6097)

Solution

Update the affected cronie packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786096

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00087.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75057

File Name: openSUSE-2013-52.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: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cron, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cronie-anacron, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cronie-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cronie-anacron-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cronie-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cronie

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/21/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-6097