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SuSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ZYPP Patch Number 6890)

high Nessus Plugin ID 49846

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update of ethereal fixes :

 - Several buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector.
 (CVE-2010-0304)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 6890.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0304.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 49846

File Name: suse_ethereal-6890.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/11/2010

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2010

Exploitable With

CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Wireshark LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (loop))

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0304

CWE: 119