openSUSE Security Update : Rsync (openSUSE-SU-2014:0595-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75342

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Rsync was updated to fix a denial of service attack that could be used by remote attackers without authentification (CVE-2014-2855).

Solution

Update the affected Rsync packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=873740

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00006.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75342

File Name: openSUSE-2014-332.nasl

Version: 1.5

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: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rsync-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rsync, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:rsync-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2855