SUSE SLES11 Security Update : cracklib (SUSE-SU-2016:2211-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 93341

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for cracklib fixes a security issue and a bug: Security issue fixed :

- Add patch to fix a stack-based buffer overflow in GECOS parser (bsc#992966 CVE-2016-6318) The following non security issue was fixed :

- Call textdomain in cracklib-check main function so that program output is translated accordingly. (bsc#928923)

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 Studio Onsite 1.3:zypper in -t patch slestso13-cracklib-12726=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-cracklib-12726=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-cracklib-12726=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-cracklib-12726=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 93341

File Name: suse_SU-2016-2211-1.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/6/2016

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: 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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:cracklib

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: 9/2/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6318

Detections

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