SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2024:3165-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206878

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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-2024:3165-1 advisory.

wireshark was updated from version 3.6.23 to version 4.2.6 (jsc#PED-8517):

- Security issues fixed with this update:

* CVE-2024-0207: HTTP3 dissector crash (bsc#1218503)
* CVE-2024-0210: Zigbee TLV dissector crash (bsc#1218506)
* CVE-2024-0211: DOCSIS dissector crash (bsc#1218507)
* CVE-2023-6174: Fixed SSH dissector crash (bsc#1217247)
* CVE-2023-6175: NetScreen file parser crash (bsc#1217272)
* CVE-2023-5371: RTPS dissector memory leak (bsc#1215959)
* CVE-2023-3649: iSCSI dissector crash (bsc#1213318)
* CVE-2023-2854: BLF file parser crash (bsc#1211708)
* CVE-2023-0666: RTPS dissector crash (bsc#1211709)
* CVE-2023-0414: EAP dissector crash (bsc#1207666)

- Major changes introduced with versions 4.2.0 and 4.0.0:

* Version 4.2.0 https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.0.html
* Version 4.0.0 https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.0.html

- Added an aditional desktopfile to start wireshark which asks for the super user password.

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206878

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3165-1.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 9/10/2024

Updated: 9/11/2024

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: 5.9

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-2024-0211

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwireshark17, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-ui-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwiretap14, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwsutil15

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/9/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/18/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0414, CVE-2023-0666, CVE-2023-2854, CVE-2023-3649, CVE-2023-5371, CVE-2023-6174, CVE-2023-6175, CVE-2024-0207, CVE-2024-0210, CVE-2024-0211, CVE-2024-2955

IAVB: 2023-B-0036-S, 2023-B-0051-S, 2023-B-0078-S, 2023-B-0091-S, 2024-B-0001-S, 2024-B-0028-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3165-1

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