Debian DLA-2547-1 : wireshark security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 146291

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities were fixed in Wireshark, a network sniffer.

CVE-2019-13619

ASN.1 BER and related dissectors crash.

CVE-2019-16319

The Gryphon dissector could go into an infinite loop.

CVE-2019-19553

The CMS dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-7045

The BT ATT dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-9428

The EAP dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-9430

The WiMax DLMAP dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-9431

The LTE RRC dissector could leak memory.

CVE-2020-11647

The BACapp dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-13164

The NFS dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-15466

The GVCP dissector could go into an infinite loop.

CVE-2020-25862

The TCP dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-25863

The MIME Multipart dissector could crash.

CVE-2020-26418

Memory leak in the Kafka protocol dissector.

CVE-2020-26421

Crash in USB HID protocol dissector.

CVE-2020-26575

The Facebook Zero Protocol (aka FBZERO) dissector could enter an infinite loop.

CVE-2020-28030

The GQUIC dissector could crash.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.20-0+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

For the detailed security status of wireshark please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wireshark

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 146291

File Name: debian_DLA-2547.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/8/2021

Updated: 1/23/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-16319

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-9431

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwsutil7, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwsutil-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwiretap-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwscodecs1, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwireshark-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark-qt, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwireshark8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwireshark-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tshark, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwiretap6, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark-gtk, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark-common

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13619, CVE-2019-16319, CVE-2019-19553, CVE-2020-11647, CVE-2020-13164, CVE-2020-15466, CVE-2020-25862, CVE-2020-25863, CVE-2020-26418, CVE-2020-26421, CVE-2020-26575, CVE-2020-28030, CVE-2020-7045, CVE-2020-9428, CVE-2020-9430, CVE-2020-9431

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