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Oracle Linux 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2007-0710)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180623

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2007-0710 advisory.

 [0.99.6-1.el5.01]
 - Added patch for OCFS2 formatting

 [0.99.6-1]
 - upgrade to 0.99.6
 - Wireshark could crash when dissecting an HTTP chunked response
 - Wireshark could crash while reading iSeries capture files
 - Wireshark could exhaust system memory while reading a malformed DCP ETSI packet
 - Wireshark could loop excessively while reading a malformed SSL packet
 - Resolves: #247623

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected wireshark and / or wireshark-gnome packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2007-0710.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180623

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0710.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-3391

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-3393

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark-gnome

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/19/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3389, CVE-2007-3390, CVE-2007-3391, CVE-2007-3392, CVE-2007-3393