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Oracle Linux 7 : wireshark (ELSA-2020-1047)

high Nessus Plugin ID 180733

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2020-1047 advisory.

 - Resolves: #1557212 - CVE-2018-7418 SIGCOMP dissector crash in packet-sigcomp.c
 - Resolves: #1588208 - CVE-2018-11362 Out-of-bounds Read in packet-ldss.c
 - Resolves: #1612146 - CVE-2018-14340 Multiple dissectors could crash
 - Resolves: #1613032 - CVE-2018-14341 DICOM dissector infinite loop
 - Resolves: #1613034 - CVE-2018-14368 Bazaar dissector infinite loop
 - Resolves: #1633330 - CVE-2018-16057 Radiotap dissector crash

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, wireshark-devel and / or wireshark-gnome packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-1047.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 180733

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2020-1047.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/7/2023

Updated: 11/1/2024

Supported Sensors: 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-2018-14368

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-2018-7418

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark-gnome

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-11362, CVE-2018-14340, CVE-2018-14341, CVE-2018-14368, CVE-2018-16057, CVE-2018-19622, CVE-2018-7418

IAVB: 2018-B-0032-S, 2018-B-0072-S, 2018-B-0093-S, 2018-B-0120-S, 2018-B-0154-S