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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : dhcp (SUSE-SU-2016:1692-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93167

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for dhcp fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2016-2774: Fixed a denial of service attack against the DHCP server over the OMAPI TCP socket, which could be used by network adjacent attackers to make the DHCP server non-functional (bsc#969820).

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Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-1002=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1002=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-2016-1002=1

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=969820

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2774/

http://www.nessus.org/u?a985a08e

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93167

File Name: suse_SU-2016-1692-1.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/29/2016

Updated: 1/6/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp-client, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp-client-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp-relay, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp-server-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp-relay-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:dhcp-server

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/27/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2774