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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2024:2265-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 201324

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:2265-1 advisory.

 Update to version 3.6.22:

 - CVE-2024-4854: MONGO and ZigBee TLV dissector infinite loops (bsc#1224274)
 - CVE-2024-4853: The editcap command line utility could crash when chopping bytes from the beginning of a packet (bsc#1224259)
 - CVE-2024-4855: The editcap command line utility could crash when injecting secrets while writing multiple files (bsc#1224276)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1224259

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1224274

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1224276

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2024-July/035789.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4853

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4854

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-4855

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 201324

File Name: suse_SU-2024-2265-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/3/2024

Updated: 11/11/2024

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: 4.7

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-2024-4855

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4854

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: 7/2/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4853, CVE-2024-4854, CVE-2024-4855

IAVB: 2024-B-0061-S, 2024-B-0087-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:2265-1