Synopsis
The remote Amazon Linux 2022 host is missing a security update.
Description
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-226 advisory.
- NULL pointer exception in the IPPUSB dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39920)
- NULL pointer exception in the Modbus dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39921)
- Buffer overflow in the C12.22 dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39922)
- Large loop in the PNRP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39923)
- Large loop in the Bluetooth DHT dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39924)
- Buffer overflow in the Bluetooth SDP dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39925)
- Buffer overflow in the Bluetooth HCI_ISO dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39926)
- NULL pointer exception in the IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39928)
- Uncontrolled Recursion in the Bluetooth DHT dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.9 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.17 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-39929)
- Crash in the Sysdig Event dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-4181)
- Crash in the RFC 7468 dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-4182)
- Infinite loop in the BitTorrent DHT dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-4184)
- Infinite loop in the RTMPT dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-4185)
- Crash in the Gryphon dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 to 3.4.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-4186)
- Large loop in the Kafka dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2021-4190)
- Crash in the CMS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0581)
- Unaligned access in the CSN.1 protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0582)
- Crash in the PVFS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0583)
- Large loops in multiple protocol dissectors in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allow denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0585)
- Infinite loop in RTMPT protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0586)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Run 'yum update wireshark' to update your system.
Plugin Details
File Name: al2022_ALAS2022-2022-226.nasl
Agent: unix
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wireshark-cli, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wireshark-devel, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2022, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wireshark-cli-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wireshark-debugsource
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AmazonLinux/release, Host/AmazonLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/6/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/17/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-39920, CVE-2021-39921, CVE-2021-39922, CVE-2021-39923, CVE-2021-39924, CVE-2021-39925, CVE-2021-39926, CVE-2021-39928, CVE-2021-39929, CVE-2021-4181, CVE-2021-4182, CVE-2021-4184, CVE-2021-4185, CVE-2021-4186, CVE-2021-4190, CVE-2022-0581, CVE-2022-0582, CVE-2022-0583, CVE-2022-0585, CVE-2022-0586