SuSE 11.3 Security Update : augeas (SAT Patch Number 9574)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77196

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Augeas has been updated to fix a symlink overwrite problem.
(CVE-2012-0786 / CVE-2013-6412)

Also a bug has been fixed where 'augtool -s set was failing'.
(bnc#876044)

Additionally parsing the multipath configuration has been fixed.
bnc#871323

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9574.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=853044

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=871323

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=876044

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=885003

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0786.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6412.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77196

File Name: suse_11_augeas-140730.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/14/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:augeas, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:augeas-lenses, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libaugeas0, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/30/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0786, CVE-2013-6412