Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
Description
Various tmp races in ibdiagnet of ibutils have been fixed that could have been used by local attackers on machines where infiband was debugged to gain privileges.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 :
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-ibutils-8030
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 :
zypper in -t patch sdksp2-ibutils-8029
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware :
zypper in -t patch slessp3-ibutils-8030
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 :
zypper in -t patch slessp3-ibutils-8030
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware :
zypper in -t patch slessp2-ibutils-8029
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 :
zypper in -t patch slessp2-ibutils-8029
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
Plugin Details
File Name: suse_SU-2013-1193-1.nasl
Agent: unix
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ibutils, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:ibutils-devel, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:10, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2013