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openSUSE Security Update : ecryptfs-utils (openSUSE-2016-119)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88544

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for ecryptfs-utils fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2016-1572: A local user could have escalated privileges by mounting over special filesystems (bsc#962052)

 - CVE-2014-9687: A default salt value reduced complexity of offline precomputation attacks (bsc#920160) This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected ecryptfs-utils packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=920160

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=962052

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88544

File Name: openSUSE-2016-119.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/3/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ecryptfs-utils-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ecryptfs-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ecryptfs-utils-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ecryptfs-utils-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ecryptfs-utils-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/30/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9687, CVE-2016-1572