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openSUSE Security Update : libcares2 (openSUSE-2016-1373)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 95463

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for libcares2 fixes the following issues :

 - ares_create_query() single byte out of buffer write (CVE-2016-5180, boo#1007728)

Solution

Update the affected libcares2 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1007728

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 95463

File Name: openSUSE-2016-1373.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/2/2016

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcares-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcares2-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcares2-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcares2-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcares2-debuginfo-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcares2

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/1/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5180