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SUSE SLES10 Security Update : glibc (SUSE-SU-2015:0550-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 83704
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
glibc has been updated to fix four security issues :- CVE-2014-0475: Directory traversal in locale environment handling (bnc#887022)
- CVE-2014-7817: wordexp failed to honour WRDE_NOCMD (bsc#906371)
- CVE-2014-9402: Avoid infinite loop in nss_dns getnetbyname (bsc#910599)
- CVE-2015-1472: Fixed buffer overflow in wscanf (bsc#916222)
This non-security issue has been fixed :
- Fix missing zero termination (bnc#918233)
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
Update the affected glibc packagesSee Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887022
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906371
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=910599
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=916222
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=918233
http://www.nessus.org/u?31052ace
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7423/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-7817/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9402/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 83704
File Name: suse_SU-2015-0550-1.nasl
Version: 2.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 5/20/2015
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-html, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-i18ndata, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-info, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-locale, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:glibc-profile, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:nscd, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:10
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: 3/19/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/29/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-7423, CVE-2014-0475, CVE-2014-7817, CVE-2014-9402, CVE-2015-1472