Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.850488
Category:	SuSE Local Security Checks
Title:	openSUSE: Security Advisory for kernel (openSUSE-SU-2013:1005-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'kernel' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: The openSUSE 12.1 kernel was updated to fix a critical security issue and also some reiserfs bugs. CVE-2013-2850: Incorrect strncpy usage in the network listening part of the iscsi target driver could have been used by remote attackers to crash the kernel or execute code. This required the iscsi target running on the machine and the attacker able to make a network connection to it (aka not filtered by firewalls). Bugs: - reiserfs: fix spurious multiple-fill in reiserfs_readdir_dentry (bnc#822722). - reiserfs: fix problems with chowning setuid file w/ xattrs (bnc#790920). Affected Software/OS: kernel on openSUSE 12.1 Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 7.9 CVSS Vector: AV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2013-2850 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/01/2 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2013:0845 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00017.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1005 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00011.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1042 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00017.html SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2013:1043 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00018.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1844-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1845-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1846-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1847-1
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