openSUSE Security Update : dhcp (openSUSE-SU-2012:1252-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 74765

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

- Update to ISC dhcp-4.2.4-P2 release, providing a security fix for an issue with the use of lease times was found and fixed. Making certain changes to the end time of an IPv6 lease could cause the server to abort.
Thanks to Glen Eustace of Massey University, New Zealand for finding this issue. ([ISC-Bugs #30281], CVE:
CVE-2012-3955, bnc#780167)

Solution

Update the affected dhcp packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=780167

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-09/msg00103.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 74765

File Name: openSUSE-2012-643.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-relay, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-relay-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-server-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/17/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3955