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Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : gnu-patch (multiple_vulnerabilities_in_gnu_patch)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80626

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Synopsis

The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.

Description

The remote Solaris system is missing necessary patches to address security updates :

 - Directory traversal vulnerability in dpkg-source in dpkg before 1.14.31 and 1.15.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to modify arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in a patch for a source-format 3.0 package. (CVE-2010-1679)

 - Directory traversal vulnerability in util.c in GNU patch 2.6.1 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname, a related issue to CVE-2010-1679. (CVE-2010-4651)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11.2.4.6.0.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a913f44

http://www.nessus.org/u?c16d2b7a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80626

File Name: solaris11_gnu-patch_20141120.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.2, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:gnu-patch

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Solaris11/release, Host/Solaris11/pkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-1679, CVE-2010-4651