SUSE SLES11 Security Update : dhcp (SUSE-SU-2018:0444-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 106836

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for dhcp fixes several issues. This security issue was fixed :

- CVE-2017-3144: OMAPI code didn't free socket descriptors when empty message is received allowing DoS (bsc#1076119)

The update package also includes non-security fixes. See advisory for details.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-dhcp-13465=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-dhcp-13465=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-dhcp-13465=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106836

File Name: suse_SU-2018-0444-1.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/15/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp-relay, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp-server

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: 2/14/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-3144

Detections

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