openSUSE Security Update : jakarta-commons-daemon (openSUSE-SU-2011:1062-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75868

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

jsvc did not properly drop capabilities, therefore allowing applications to access files owned by the super user (CVE-2011-2729).

Solution

Update the affected jakarta-commons-daemon packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=715656

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-09/msg00029.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75868

File Name: suse_11_4_jakarta-commons-daemon-110916.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jakarta-commons-daemon-java, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jakarta-commons-daemon, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jakarta-commons-daemon-javadoc, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jakarta-commons-daemon-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:jakarta-commons-daemon-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2729