openSUSE Security Update : hostapd (openSUSE-SU-2012:1371-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74784

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This patch validated the message length of EAP-TLS to avoid the potential DoS attack

Solution

Update the affected hostapd packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74784

File Name: openSUSE-2012-718.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hostapd-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hostapd, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.2, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:hostapd-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4445

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