Debian DSA-4101-1 : wireshark - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 106415

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors/file parsers for IxVeriWave, WCP, JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP and GDB, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u13.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.6+g32dac6a-2+deb9u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 106415

File Name: debian_DSA-4101.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 1/29/2018

Updated: 3/13/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

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:debian:debian_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-5334, CVE-2018-5335, CVE-2018-5336

DSA: 4101

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