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openSUSE Security Update : dhcp (dhcp-465)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 39949

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update contains a backported patch from dhcp-3.0.7 to fix a buffer overflow which could lead to a denial-of-service condition in cases when the dhcp server is configured to send many DHCP options to clients. (CVE-2007-0062)

Solution

Update the affected dhcp packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410905

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=415346

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 39949

File Name: suse_11_0_dhcp-090126.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-server, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-relay

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

Patch Publication Date: 1/26/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0062

CWE: 119, 189