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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : readline (MDVSA-2014:154)

low Nessus Plugin ID 77042

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated readline packages fix security vulnerability :

Steve Kemp discovered the _rl_tropen() function in readline insecurely handled a temporary file. This could allow a local attacker to perform symbolic link attacks (CVE-2014-2524).

Also, upstream patches have been added to fix an infinite loop in vi input mode, and to fix an issue with slowness when pasting text.

Solution

Update the affected lib64readline-devel, lib64readline6 and / or readline-doc packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 77042

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-154.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Published: 8/7/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64readline-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:readline-doc, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64readline6

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2524

BID: 66369

MDVSA: 2014:154