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SUSE SLED11 Security Update : libvdpau (SUSE-SU-2015:1925-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 86803
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
libvdpau was updated to use secure_getenv() instead of getenv() for several variables so it can be more safely used in setuid applications.- CVE-2015-5198: libvdpau: incorrect check for security transition (bnc#943967)
- CVE-2015-5199: libvdpau: directory traversal in dlopen (bnc#943968)
- CVE-2015-5200: libvdpau: vulnerability in trace functionality (bnc#943969)
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 Desktop 11-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch sledsp4-libvdpau-12192=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-libvdpau-12192=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 :
zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-libvdpau-12192=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3 :
zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-libvdpau-12192=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=943967
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=943968
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=943969
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5198/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5199/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 86803
File Name: suse_SU-2015-1925-1.nasl
Version: 2.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 11/9/2015
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: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.2
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libvdpau1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11
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: 10/8/2015
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2015