openSUSE Security Update : avahi (openSUSE-SU-2011:0149-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75435

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update fixes a remote denial of service in the avahi daemon that can be triggered remotely via a null UDP packet. CVE-2011-1002: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P): Resource Management Errors (CWE-399)

Solution

Update the affected avahi packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75435

File Name: suse_11_3_avahi-110228.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:avahi, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:avahi-compat-howl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:avahi-compat-mdnsresponder-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:avahi-lang, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:avahi-utils, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavahi-client3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavahi-client3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavahi-common3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavahi-common3-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavahi-core6, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libavahi-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libdns_sd, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libdns_sd-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libhowl0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python-avahi, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/28/2011

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1002

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