SuSE9 Security Update : snort (YOU Patch Number 11055)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41091

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

This update fixes an evasion attack on URL parsing. The faulty code is in the http_inspect preprocessor. (CVE-2006-2769)

Solution

Apply YOU patch number 11055.

See Also

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2769/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41091

File Name: suse9_11055.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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: 6/19/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-2769