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SuSE 10 Security Update : avahi (ZYPP Patch Number 5870)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 51718

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Synopsis

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

Description

Specially crafted mDNS packets could crash the Avahi daemon.
(CVE-2008-5081)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 5870.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5081.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 51718

File Name: suse_avahi-5870.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/27/2011

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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: 12/17/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5081

CWE: 399