openSUSE 10 Security Update : avahi (avahi-2982)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 27161

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a remote denial of service problem in avahi, where attackers could cause an endless loop. (CVE-2006-6870)

Solution

Update the affected avahi packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 27161

File Name: suse_avahi-2982.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 10/17/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:avahi-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.1, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:avahi

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6870

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