openSUSE Security Update : varnish (openSUSE-SU-2013:1679-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75202

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes the following security issue with varnish :

- bnc#848451, CVE-2013-4484: fixed denial of service flaw in certain GET requests when using certain configurations in Varnish Cache handling

Solution

Update the affected varnish packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848451

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-11/msg00029.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75202

File Name: openSUSE-2013-864.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:varnish-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:varnish-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:varnish-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvarnishapi1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libvarnishapi1-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:varnish

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4484

BID: 63451