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SuSE 11 Security Update : dhcp-client (SAT Patch Number 1041)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 41383

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 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 be caught by the buffer overflow checking in newer distributions. (SLES 10 and 11).

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1041.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-0692.html

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 41383

File Name: suse_11_dhcp-client-090626.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, 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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:dhcp-client

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