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SuSE 11.3 Security Update : file (SAT Patch Number 9982)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79414

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Synopsis

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

Description

file was updated to fix one security issue.

 - An out-of-bounds read flaw file's donote() function.
 This could possibly lead to file executable crash.
 (CVE-2014-3710)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 9982.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=902367

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-3710.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79414

File Name: suse_11_file-141118.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/23/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:file-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:file

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/18/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3710