openSUSE Security Update : libvmtools-devel (openSUSE-SU-2011:0617-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75626

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of open-vm-tools fixes the following vulnerabilities which allowed an attacker to gain root privileges within the guest system :

- CVE-2011-1681

- CVE-2011-2146

- CVE-2011-1787

- CVE-2011-2145

Solution

Update the affected libvmtools-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75626

File Name: suse_11_3_libvmtools-devel-110607.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

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:vmware-guest-kmp-pae, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:open-vm-tools-gui, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vmware-guest-kmp-desktop, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvmtools0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvmtools-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:vmware-guest-kmp-default, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:open-vm-tools

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/7/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1681, CVE-2011-1787, CVE-2011-2145, CVE-2011-2146

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