openSUSE Security Update : file (openSUSE-SU-2014:0481-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75311

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

file was updated to fix extensive backtracking in awk rule regular expression which could lead to a CPU consumption denial of service.

Solution

Update the affected file packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75311

File Name: openSUSE-2014-270.nasl

Version: 1.4

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmagic1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-magic, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:file-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmagic1-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:file-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:file, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmagic1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmagic1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:file-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libmagic-data

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7345

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