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openSUSE Security Update : Wireshark (openSUSE-2017-840)

high Nessus Plugin ID 101970

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update to Wireshark 2.2.8 fixes some minor vulnerabilities could be used to trigger dissector crashes, infinite loops, or cause excessive use of memory resources by making Wireshark read specially crafted packages from the network or a capture file :

 - CVE-2017-7702,CVE-2017-11410: WBMXL dissector infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-13)

 - CVE-2017-9350,CVE-2017-11411: openSAFETY dissector memory exhaustion (wnpa-sec-2017-28)

 - CVE-2017-11408: AMQP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-34)

 - CVE-2017-11407: MQ dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-35)

 - CVE-2017-11406: DOCSIS infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-36)

Solution

Update the affected Wireshark packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1049255

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1049621

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 101970

File Name: openSUSE-2017-840.nasl

Version: 3.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/26/2017

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-ui-gtk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-ui-gtk-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-ui-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.2, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:42.3

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

Patch Publication Date: 7/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11406, CVE-2017-11407, CVE-2017-11408, CVE-2017-11410, CVE-2017-11411, CVE-2017-7702, CVE-2017-9350