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SUSE-SU-2016:1692-1 | Mondoo Vulnerability Intelligence

Vulnerability IntelligenceSUSE-SU-2016:1692-1

SUSE-SU-2016:1692-1

MEDIUM5.9

Security update for dhcp

Published Jun 27, 2016

Modified 10 years ago

Fix available

Details

Description of the patch:

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).

Affected Packages

dhcp

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

Fixed in:

4.2.6-14.6.1

dhcp-client

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12

Fixed in:

4.2.6-14.6.1

dhcp-devel

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

Fixed in:

4.2.6-14.6.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/969820

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-June/002138.html

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

https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2016/suse-su-20161692-1/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Exploitability

Attack Vector

NetworkAV:N

Attack Complexity

HighAC:H

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

HighA:H

5.9/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Upstream

Ecosystems

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12

Timeline

PublishedJun 27, 2016

ModifiedJun 27, 2016