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openSUSE Security Update : dhcp (dhcp-3484)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75463

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

ISC DHCP can be crashed with a single dhcpv6 packet. CVE-2010-3611 has been assigned to this issue. Additionally a dhcrelay crash when receiving packets on interfaces without assigned IPv4 address has been fixed as well as an infinite loop in dhcpd.

Solution

Update the affected dhcp packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=650902

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75463

File Name: suse_11_3_dhcp-101108.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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:dhcp-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-server, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcp-relay

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/8/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-3611