openSUSE Security Update : cvs (openSUSE-SU-2012:0310-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 75808

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way CVS read proxy connection HTTP responses. An attacker could exploit this to cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the application (CVE-2012-0804).

Solution

Update the affected cvs packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 75808

File Name: suse_11_4_cvs-120222.nasl

Version: 1.5

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

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cvs, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cvs-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cvs-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0804

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