openSUSE 10 Security Update : avahi (avahi-1399)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27159

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A local exploitable buffer overflow has been found in avahi. The impact is low since avahi is running in a chroot environment.

Solution

Update the affected avahi package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27159

File Name: suse_avahi-1399.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:avahi, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2006