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SuSE 10 Security Update : dhclient (ZYPP Patch Number 6335)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 41502

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.

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 ZYPP patch number 6335.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 41502

File Name: suse_dhcp-6335.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:suse:suse_linux

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