SuSE 11.1 Security Update : dhcp (SAT Patch Number 6671)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64123

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Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update of dhcp fixes two security vulnerabilities :

- Malformed client identifiers could cause a Denial of Service (excessive CPU consumption), effectively causing further client requests to not be processed anymore.
(CVE-2012-3571)

- Two unspecified memory leaks. (CVE-2012-3954) Additionally, the following issues were fixed :

- The init script of dhcp-server was fixed to check syntax and fail on force-reload and restart to avoid stopping of running daemon followed by start failure

- Added libgcc_s.so to chroot, so the server can report an assert/crash line.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 6671.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64123

File Name: suse_11_dhcp-120813.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 1/25/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:dhcp-relay, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:dhcp-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:dhcp, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:dhcp-server

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3571, CVE-2012-3954

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