openSUSE Security Update : elfutils (openSUSE-SU-2014:0974-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77135

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Fix integer overflow in check_section (CVE-2014-0172, bnc#872785)

Solution

Update the affected elfutils packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=872785

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-08/msg00005.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77135

File Name: openSUSE-2014-491.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2014

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libasm-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libebl1-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:elfutils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libelf1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libasm1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:elfutils-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libasm1-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libasm1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libebl1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libdw1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libdw1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libdw1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libebl1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libdw-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libelf-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:elfutils-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libelf-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libebl1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libelf1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libelf1-debuginfo-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libdw1-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libasm1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libebl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libelf1-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/31/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0172