Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : libsoup (cve_2011_2524_directory_traversal)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80677

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 soup-uri.c in SoupServer in libsoup before 2.35.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2e%2e (encoded dot dot) in a URI. (CVE-2011-2524)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11/11 SRU 11.4.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?4c0b1371

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80677

File Name: solaris11_libsoup_20120918.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:libsoup, cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2524