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RHEL 6 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 199531

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat 6 host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities that will not be patched.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

 - wireshark: free operation on an uninitialized memory address in wiretap/netmon.c (CVE-2018-6836)

 - The dissector-table implementation in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles table searches for empty strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet, related to the (1) dissector_get_string_handle and (2) dissector_get_default_string_handle functions. (CVE-2015-6243)

 - The dissect_zbee_secure function in epan/dissectors/packet-zbee-security.c in the ZigBee dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 improperly relies on length fields contained in packet data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2015-6244)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Solution

The vendor has acknowledged the vulnerabilities but no solution has been provided. Refer to the vendor for remediation guidance.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1482807e

http://www.nessus.org/u?cd415663

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 199531

File Name: redhat_unpatched_wireshark-rhel6.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2024

Updated: 10/23/2024

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: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6836

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/1/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6243, CVE-2015-6244, CVE-2015-6246, CVE-2015-6248, CVE-2015-7830, CVE-2015-8711, CVE-2015-8712, CVE-2015-8713, CVE-2015-8714, CVE-2015-8715, CVE-2015-8716, CVE-2015-8717, CVE-2015-8718, CVE-2015-8719, CVE-2015-8720, CVE-2015-8721, CVE-2015-8722, CVE-2015-8723, CVE-2015-8724, CVE-2015-8725, CVE-2015-8726, CVE-2015-8727, CVE-2015-8728, CVE-2015-8729, CVE-2015-8730, CVE-2015-8731, CVE-2015-8732, CVE-2015-8733, CVE-2016-2523, CVE-2016-2530, CVE-2016-2531, CVE-2016-2532, CVE-2016-4006, CVE-2016-4076, CVE-2016-4077, CVE-2016-4078, CVE-2016-4079, CVE-2016-4080, CVE-2016-4081, CVE-2016-4082, CVE-2016-4083, CVE-2016-4084, CVE-2016-4085, CVE-2016-4417, CVE-2016-4418, CVE-2016-4421, CVE-2016-5350, CVE-2016-5351, CVE-2016-5352, CVE-2016-5353, CVE-2016-5354, CVE-2016-5355, CVE-2016-5356, CVE-2016-5357, CVE-2016-5358, CVE-2016-5359, CVE-2016-6505, CVE-2016-6506, CVE-2016-6507, CVE-2016-6508, CVE-2016-6509, CVE-2016-6510, CVE-2016-6511, CVE-2016-6512, CVE-2016-6513, CVE-2016-7175, CVE-2016-7176, CVE-2016-7177, CVE-2016-7178, CVE-2016-7179, CVE-2016-7180, CVE-2016-7957, CVE-2016-7958, CVE-2016-9372, CVE-2016-9373, CVE-2016-9374, CVE-2016-9375, CVE-2016-9376, CVE-2017-11406, CVE-2017-11407, CVE-2017-11408, CVE-2017-11409, CVE-2017-11410, CVE-2017-11411, CVE-2017-13764, CVE-2017-13765, CVE-2017-13766, CVE-2017-13767, CVE-2017-15189, CVE-2017-15190, CVE-2017-15191, CVE-2017-15192, CVE-2017-15193, CVE-2017-17083, CVE-2017-17084, CVE-2017-17085, CVE-2017-17935, CVE-2017-17997, CVE-2017-5596, CVE-2017-5597, CVE-2017-6014, CVE-2017-6467, CVE-2017-6468, CVE-2017-6469, CVE-2017-6470, CVE-2017-6471, CVE-2017-6472, CVE-2017-6473, CVE-2017-6474, CVE-2017-7700, CVE-2017-7701, CVE-2017-7702, CVE-2017-7703, CVE-2017-7704, CVE-2017-7705, CVE-2017-7745, CVE-2017-7746, CVE-2017-7747, CVE-2017-7748, CVE-2017-9343, CVE-2017-9344, CVE-2017-9345, CVE-2017-9346, CVE-2017-9347, CVE-2017-9348, CVE-2017-9349, CVE-2017-9350, CVE-2017-9351, CVE-2017-9352, CVE-2017-9353, CVE-2017-9354, CVE-2017-9616, CVE-2017-9617, CVE-2017-9766, CVE-2018-11358, CVE-2018-11362, CVE-2018-14340, CVE-2018-14341, CVE-2018-14368, CVE-2018-16057, CVE-2018-19622, CVE-2018-19625, CVE-2018-5334, CVE-2018-5335, CVE-2018-5336, CVE-2018-6836, CVE-2018-7418, CVE-2019-9209