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Debian DLA-3443-1 : wireshark - LTS security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 176657

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3443 advisory.

 - VMS TCPIPtrace file parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via crafted capture file (CVE-2023-2856)

 - NetScaler file parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via crafted capture file (CVE-2023-2858)

 - GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-2879)

 - XRA dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-2952)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.20-0+deb10u7.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark

https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2023/dla-3443

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2856

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2858

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2879

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-2952

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/wireshark

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176657

File Name: debian_DLA-3443.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2023

Updated: 9/27/2023

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-2023-2952

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-2023-2879

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwscodecs2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwsutil-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwiretap-dev, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwireshark-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark-qt, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwireshark-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwireshark11, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwsutil9, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tshark, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwiretap8, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark, 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: 6/3/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-2856, CVE-2023-2858, CVE-2023-2879, CVE-2023-2952

IAVB: 2023-B-0036-S