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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:2872-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 117803
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for wireshark fixes the following issues :Update wireshark to version 2.2.17 (bsc#1106514) :
Security issues fixed :
CVE-2018-16058: Bluetooth AVDTP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-44)
CVE-2018-16056: Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-45)
CVE-2018-16057: Radiotap dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2018-46)
Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.17.html
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-wireshark-13792=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-wireshark-13792=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-wireshark-13792=1
See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e697c513
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.17.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1106514
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16056/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 117803
File Name: suse_SU-2018-2872-1.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 9/27/2018
Updated: 8/1/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16058
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-gtk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwscodecs1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwireshark8, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwiretap6, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwsutil7
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: 9/26/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2018