openSUSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ethereal-5056)

high Nessus Plugin ID 31397

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes the following bugs :

- the SCTP dissector could crash

- the SNMP dissector could crash

- the TFTP dissector could crash Wireshark (maybe a bug in the Cairo library on specific platforms)

Solution

Update the affected ethereal packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31397

File Name: suse_ethereal-5056.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2008

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: 2/28/2008