SuSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ZYPP Patch Number 6627)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 42958

Synopsis

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

Description

Update of wireshark to fix multiple vulnerabilities :

- The Paltalk dissector could crash on alignment-sensitive processors. (CVE-2009-3549: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM))

- The DCERPC/NT dissector could crash. (CVE-2009-3550:
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (MEDIUM))

- The SMB dissector could crash. (CVE-2009-3551: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM))

- The RADIUS dissector could crash. (CVE-2009-2560: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM))

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 6627.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 42958

File Name: suse_ethereal-6627.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 12/1/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Patch Publication Date: 11/3/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2560, CVE-2009-3549, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3551

CWE: 189, 20

Detections

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