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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2023:4938-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187141

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4938-1 advisory.

 - The NetScreen file parser could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2023-6175)

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1217272

http://www.nessus.org/u?ef1cc37e

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-6175

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187141

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4938-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/21/2023

Updated: 3/26/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6175

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwireshark15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwiretap12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwsutil13, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-ui-qt, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6175

IAVB: 2023-B-0091-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4938-1