Ubuntu 6.06 LTS : dhcdbd vulnerability (USN-299-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 27874

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Florian Hackenberger discovered a memory corruption bug in dhcdbd (the NetworkManager daemon for processing DHCP operations). Invalid DHCP responses crashed dhcdbd, which caused NetworkManager to not work any more.

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Solution

Update the affected dhcdbd package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 27874

File Name: ubuntu_USN-299-1.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:dhcdbd, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2006

Reference Information

USN: 299-1

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