SuSE 10 Security Update : OFED (ZYPP Patch Number 8507)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66230

Synopsis

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

Description

rds-ping in the OFED stack could have triggered a kernel BUG, which could have caused a local denial of service attack. (CVE-2012-2372)

Solution

Apply ZYPP patch number 8507.

See Also

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-2372.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66230

File Name: suse_ofed-8507.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/26/2013

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

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

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: 3/13/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2372