Vulnerabilities > CVE-2010-3912 - Credentials Management vulnerability in Novell Suse Linux 10/11

047910
CVSS 10.0 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
low complexity
novell
CWE-255
critical
nessus

Summary

The supportconfig script in supportutils in SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 SP1 and 10 SP3 does not "disguise passwords" in configuration files, which has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
OS
Novell
2

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SUPPORTUTILS-7215.NASL
    descriptionThe supportconfig script did not disguise passwords in the config files it collected. (CVE-2010-3912)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id51447
    published2011-01-10
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51447
    titleSuSE 10 Security Update : supportutils (ZYPP Patch Number 7215)
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The text description of this plugin is (C) Novell, Inc.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(51447);
      script_version ("1.7");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:40");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2010-3912");
    
      script_name(english:"SuSE 10 Security Update : supportutils (ZYPP Patch Number 7215)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated package");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:"The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The supportconfig script did not disguise passwords in the config
    files it collected. (CVE-2010-3912)"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3912.html"
      );
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Apply ZYPP patch number 7215.");
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/11/03");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2011/01/10");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) exit(0, "Local checks are not enabled.");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release")) exit(0, "The host is not running SuSE.");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) exit(1, "Could not obtain the list of installed packages.");
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) exit(1, "Failed to determine the architecture type.");
    if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") exit(1, "Local checks for SuSE 10 on the '"+cpu+"' architecture have not been implemented.");
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED10", sp:3, reference:"supportutils-1.20-0.7.6.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES10", sp:3, reference:"supportutils-1.20-0.7.6.1")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_hole(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else exit(0, "The host is not affected.");
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_11_SUPPORTUTILS-101104.NASL
    descriptionThe supportconfig script did not disguise passwords in the config files it collected. (CVE-2010-3912)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id51633
    published2011-01-21
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2011-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/51633
    titleSuSE 11.1 Security Update : supportutils (SAT Patch Number 3468)