openSUSE Security Update : ncpfs (openSUSE-SU-2011:0985-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75680

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Following issues are fixed by this update: The ncpfs mount and umount programs were affected by the /etc/mtab truncation problems on RLIMIT_FSIZE. (CVE-2011-1679)

Also on errors, the mtab lock was not removed, blocking other applications from modifying /etc/mtab. (CVE-2011-1680)

Solution

Update the affected ncpfs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75680

File Name: suse_11_3_ncpfs-110824.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncpfs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncpfs-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ncpfs-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/24/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1089, CVE-2011-1679, CVE-2011-1680

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