SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:2211-1)
🗓️ 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 61 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in cracklib, dhcp, expat, libgcrypt and lighttpd affect IBM Flex System Chassis Management Module (CMM) | 31 Jan 201902:25 | – | ibm | |
| CVE-2016-6318 | 7 Sep 201619:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| cracklib Local Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | 17 Aug 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-6318 | 7 Sep 201619:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-6318 | 7 Sep 201619:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 2220-1] cracklib2 security update | 24 May 202017:44 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 599-1] cracklib2 security update | 20 Aug 201616:58 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2016-6318 | 7 Sep 201619:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DLA-2220-1 : cracklib2 security update | 26 May 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-599-1 : cracklib2 security update | 22 Aug 201600:00 | – | nessus |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.4.2016.2211.1");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6318");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-06-09 14:58:04 +0000 (Wed, 09 Jun 2021)");
script_version("2025-08-15T15:42:25+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-15 15:42:25 +0000 (Fri, 15 Aug 2025)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-09-08 17:03:42 +0000 (Thu, 08 Sep 2016)");
script_name("SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:2211-1)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone AG");
script_family("SuSE Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/suse_sles", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=(SLES11\.0SP4)");
script_xref(name:"Advisory-ID", value:"SUSE-SU-2016:2211-1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20162211-1.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/928923");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/992966");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-September/002248.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'cracklib' package(s) announced via the SUSE-SU-2016:2211-1 advisory.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This update for cracklib fixes a security issue and a bug:
Security issue fixed:
- Add patch to fix a stack 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)");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"'cracklib' package(s) on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11-SP4.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated package(s).");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");
release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
exit(0);
res = "";
report = "";
if(release == "SLES11.0SP4") {
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"cracklib", rpm:"cracklib~2.8.12~56.13.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"cracklib-32bit", rpm:"cracklib-32bit~2.8.12~56.13.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(!isnull(res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"cracklib-x86", rpm:"cracklib-x86~2.8.12~56.13.1", rls:"SLES11.0SP4"))) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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