SuSE 11.2 Security Update : dhcp (SAT Patch Number 7571)

high Nessus Plugin ID 66020

Synopsis

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

Description

The ISC DHCP server had a denial of service issue in handling specific DDNS requests which could cause a out of memory usage situation.
(CVE-2013-2266)

This update also adds a dhcp6-server service template for SuSEfirewall2. (bnc#783002)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 7571.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=783002

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=811934

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2266.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 66020

File Name: suse_11_dhcp-130327.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/18/2013

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: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/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: 3/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2266