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SuSE9 Security Update : ethereal (YOU Patch Number 12485)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41321

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 9 host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Flaws in the AFS dissector allowed attackers to crash ethereal via specially crafted network traffic have been fixed. (CVE-2009-2562)

Solution

Apply YOU patch number 12485.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2562.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41321

File Name: suse9_12485.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

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: cpe:/o:suse:suse_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2562