SuSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ZYPP Patch Number 5058)

high Nessus Plugin ID 31398

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

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

Apply ZYPP patch number 5058.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 31398

File Name: suse_ethereal-5058.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/7/2008

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2008