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Oracle Solaris Third-Party Patch Update : slocate (cve_2007_0227_information_disclosure)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 80771

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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 :

 - slocate 3.1 does not properly manage database entries that specify names of files in protected directories, which allows local users to obtain the names of private files. NOTE: another researcher reports that the issue is not present in slocate 2.7. (CVE-2007-0227)

Solution

Upgrade to Solaris 11.1.18.5.0.

See Also

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?f0701602

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 80771

File Name: solaris11_slocate_20140415.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/19/2015

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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: cpe:/o:oracle:solaris:11.1, p-cpe:/a:oracle:solaris:slocate

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0227