openSUSE Security Update : udisks (openSUSE-SU-2014:0389-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75297

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

udisks was updated to fix a buffer overflow in mount path parsing.

If users have the possibility to create very long mount points, such as with FUSE, they could cause udisksd to crash, or even to run arbitrary code as root with specially crafted mount paths.
(bnc#865854, CVE-2014-0004)

Solution

Update the affected udisks packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75297

File Name: openSUSE-2014-219.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:udisks, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:udisks-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:udisks-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:udisks-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0004

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