SuSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ZYPP Patch Number 2028)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 29419

Synopsis

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

Description

A security problem was fixed in ethereal, which could be used by remote attackers to hang the ethereal process.

- If the SSCOP dissector has a port range configured AND the SSCOP payload protocol is Q.2931, a malformed packet could make the Q.2931 dissector use up available memory.
No port range is configured by default. (CVE-2006-4333)

The vulnerabilities tracked by the Mitre CVE IDs CVE-2006-4330 (SCSI dissector), CVE-2006-4331 (ESP decryption), CVE-2006-4332 (DHCP dissector) do not affect our shipped ethereal releases.

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 2028.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 29419

File Name: suse_ethereal-2028.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/13/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

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

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: 8/30/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-4333

CWE: 399

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