SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2020:3376-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 143711

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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 :

wireshark was updated to 3.2.8 :

- CVE-2020-26575: Fixed an issue where FBZERO dissector was entering in infinite loop (bsc#1177406)

- CVE-2020-28030: Fixed an issue where GQUIC dissector was crashing (bsc#1178291)

- Infinite memory allocation while parsing this tcp packet

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 Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP2-2020-3376=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Desktop-Applications-15-SP1-2020-3376=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP2-2020-3376=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-3376=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1177406

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178291

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-26575/

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28030/

http://www.nessus.org/u?03dc3e4b

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 143711

File Name: suse_SU-2020-3376-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/9/2020

Updated: 2/6/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28030

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwireshark13, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwireshark13-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwiretap10, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwiretap10-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwsutil11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwsutil11-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-ui-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-ui-qt-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26575, CVE-2020-28030