SuSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ZYPP Patch Number 5866)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41505

Synopsis

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

Description

This update fixes problems that could crash wireshark when processing compressed data (CVE-2008-3933) and Q.931 packets. (CVE-2008-4685)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 5866.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-3933.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4685.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41505

File Name: suse_ethereal-5866.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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: 12/17/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-4685

CWE: 20, 399