openSUSE Security Update : dhcpcd (openSUSE-SU-2011:0385-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75469

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

A rogue dhcp server could instruct clients to use a host name that contains shell meta characters. Since many scripts in the system do not expect unusal characters in the system's host name the dhcp client needs to sanitize the host name offered by the server (CVE-2011-0996).

Note this update is actually just a re-release of the previous one.
The security fix made dhcpcd crash if the DHCP server sent a SIP option that was not decodable.

Solution

Update the affected dhcpcd package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75469

File Name: suse_11_3_dhcpcd-110419.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

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: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:dhcpcd

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

Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0996

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