openSUSE 10 Security Update : dhcp (dhcp-5958)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 35715

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update contains a backported patch from dhcp-3.0.7 to fix a buffer overflow which could lead to a denial-of-service condition in cases when the dhcp server is configured to send many DHCP options to clients. (CVE-2007-0062)

Solution

Update the affected dhcp packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 35715

File Name: suse_dhcp-5958.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/19/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-relay, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-server, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0062

CWE: 119, 189

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