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openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2018-210)

high Nessus Plugin ID 107001

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for Wireshark to version 2.2.13 fixes a number of minor vulnerabilities that could be used to trigger dissector crashes or cause dissectors to go into large infinite loops by making Wireshark read specially crafted packages from the network or capture files:
(boo#1082692) :

 - CVE-2018-7335: The IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash

 - CVE-2018-7321, CVE-2018-7322, CVE-2018-7323, CVE-2018-7324, CVE-2018-7325, CVE-2018-7326, CVE-2018-7327, CVE-2018-7328, CVE-2018-7329, CVE-2018-7330, CVE-2018-7331, CVE-2018-7332, CVE-2018-7333, CVE-2018-7421: Multiple dissectors could go into large infinite loops

 - CVE-2018-7334: The UMTS MAC dissector could crash

 - CVE-2018-7337: The DOCSIS dissector could crash

 - CVE-2018-7336: The FCP dissector could crash

 - CVE-2018-7320: The SIGCOMP dissector could crash

 - CVE-2018-7420: The pcapng file parser could crash

 - CVE-2018-7417: The IPMI dissector could crash

 - CVE-2018-7418: The SIGCOMP dissector could crash

 - CVE-2018-7419: The NBAP disssector could crash

This update also contains further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.13.html

Solution

Update the affected wireshark packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1082692

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.13.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 107001

File Name: openSUSE-2018-210.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/26/2018

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/25/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-7320, CVE-2018-7321, CVE-2018-7322, CVE-2018-7323, CVE-2018-7324, CVE-2018-7325, CVE-2018-7326, CVE-2018-7327, CVE-2018-7328, CVE-2018-7329, CVE-2018-7330, CVE-2018-7331, CVE-2018-7332, CVE-2018-7333, CVE-2018-7334, CVE-2018-7335, CVE-2018-7336, CVE-2018-7337, CVE-2018-7417, CVE-2018-7418, CVE-2018-7419, CVE-2018-7420, CVE-2018-7421