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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2015:0167-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 83674
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
glibc has been updated to fix a security issue and two bugs :Security issue fixed :
- Copy filename argument in posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen (CVE-2014-4043)
Bugs fixed :
- don't touch user-controlled stdio locks in forked child (bsc#864081, GLIBC BZ #12847)
- Fix infinite loop in check_pf (bsc#909053, GLIBC BZ #12926)
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 Server 11 SP2 LTSS :
zypper in -t patch slessp2-glibc-10220
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=864081
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882600
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=909053
http://www.nessus.org/u?fa3fbe5e
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-6656/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 83674
File Name: suse_SU-2015-0167-1.nasl
Version: 2.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/20/2015
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2014