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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2024:3615-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 209014

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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-2024:3615-1 advisory.

 Update to Wireshark 4.2.8:

 - CVE-2024-9781: Fixed AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash (bsc#1231476).

 - Further features, bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
 https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.8.html

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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/1231476

http://www.nessus.org/u?e208cf93

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-9781

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 209014

File Name: suse_SU-2024-3615-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/15/2024

Updated: 10/15/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2024-9781

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, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9781

IAVB: 2024-B-0153

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:3615-1