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Fedora 16 : dhcp-4.2.2-1.fc16 (2011-10667)

high Nessus Plugin ID 55948

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a pair of defects that could cause the server to halt upon processing certain packets.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected dhcp package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=729382

http://www.nessus.org/u?843aeac4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 55948

File Name: fedora_2011-10667.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/23/2011

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:dhcp, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:16

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2748, CVE-2011-2749

BID: 49120

FEDORA: 2011-10667