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openSUSE Security Update : cracklib (openSUSE-2016-1041)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93249

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for cracklib fixes the following issues :

 - Add patch to fix a buffer overflow in GECOS parser (bsc#992966 CVE-2016-6318)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12:Update update project.

Solution

Update the affected cracklib packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=992966

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93249

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1041.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/1/2016

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: High

Base Score: 7.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cracklib-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcrack2-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcrack2-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-pwquality-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-pwquality, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpwquality-tools-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpwquality-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpwquality-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcrack2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpwquality1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpwquality-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpwquality-tools, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cracklib-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_pwquality, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cracklib-dict-small, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cracklib-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcrack2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:pam_pwquality-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cracklib-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:cracklib, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libpwquality1-debuginfo

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6318