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SuSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ZYPP Patch Number 6443)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 41507

Synopsis

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

Description

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

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 6443.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 41507

File Name: suse_ethereal-6443.nasl

Version: 1.10

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: 8/18/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2562