SuSE 11.1 Security Update : dhcpv6 (SAT Patch Number 4317)

high Nessus Plugin ID 53402

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

A rogue DHCP server could instruct clients to use a host name that contains shell meta characters. Since many scripts in the system do not expect unusal characters in the system's host name the DHCP client needs to sanitize the host name offered by the server. (CVE-2011-0997)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 4317.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=675052

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0997.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 53402

File Name: suse_11_dhcpv6-110401.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

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:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:dhcpv6

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: 4/1/2011

Exploitable With

CANVAS (CANVAS)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0997