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openSUSE Security Update : dhcp (dhcp-1067)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 40212

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The DHCP client (dhclient) could be crashed by a malicious DHCP server sending a overlong subnet field. (CVE-2009-0692)

In some circumstances code execution might be possible, but might is likely caught by the buffer overflow checking of the FORTIFY_SOURCE extension.

Solution

Update the affected dhcp packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=515599

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 40212

File Name: suse_11_1_dhcp-090626.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-relay, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-server, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/26/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0692

CWE: 119