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SuSE 11.3 Security Update : ppp (SAT Patch Number 9648)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77524

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

This ppp update fixes a potential security issue that an unprivileged attacker could access privileged options :

 - integer overflow in option parsing (CVE-2014-3158, bnc#891489)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9648.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=891489

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3158.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77524

File Name: suse_11_ppp-140826.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless 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: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:ppp, 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: 8/26/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3158