openSUSE Security Update : cobbler (openSUSE-SU-2011:0277-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75801

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

/var/log/cobbler/ directory was owned by the web service user. Access to this account could potentially be abused to corrupt files during root filesystem operations by the Cobbler daemon (CVE-2011-1551).

Solution

Update the affected cobbler packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75801

File Name: suse_11_4_cobbler-110401.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: 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: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:koan, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cobbler-web, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cobbler

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/1/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1551

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