openSUSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ethereal-4849)

high Nessus Plugin ID 30049

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes several security bugs in ethereal that can be used to crash the application and to possibly execute arbitrary code remotely.

Solution

Update the affected ethereal packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 30049

File Name: suse_ethereal-4849.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/22/2008

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:ethereal, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:ethereal-devel, 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: 12/19/2007