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openSUSE Security Update : ppp (openSUSE-SU-2014:1135-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 77719

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

ppp was updated to fix an integer overflow in option parsing.
(CVE-2014-3158, bnc#891489).

Solution

Update the affected ppp packages.

See Also

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

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00026.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 77719

File Name: openSUSE-2014-545.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/17/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:opensuse:ppp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ppp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ppp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ppp-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3158