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SuSE 11 Security Update : ethereal and wireshark (SAT Patch Number 1231)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41385

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

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

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 1231.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=523718

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41385

File Name: suse_11_ethereal-090818.nasl

Version: 1.10

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: 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:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:wireshark

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2562