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SuSE 11.3 Security Update : elfutils (SAT Patch Number 10328)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81666

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Synopsis

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

Description

elfutils has been updated to fix one security issue :

 - Directory traversal vulnerability in the read_long_names function in libelf/elf_begin.c in elfutils 0.152 and 0.161 allowed remote attackers to write to arbitrary files to the root directory via a / (slash) in a crafted archive, as demonstrated using the ar program.
 (bnc#911662). (CVE-2014-9447)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 10328.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=911662

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9447.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81666

File Name: suse_11_elfutils-150218.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/6/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

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: 6.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libasm1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libdw1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libasm1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libebl1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libdw1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libelf1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libebl1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:libelf1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:elfutils

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9447