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RHEL 2.1 / 3 / 4 : wireshark (RHSA-2006:0658)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 22344
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
New Wireshark packages that fix various security vulnerabilities are now available. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic.
Bugs were found in Wireshark's SCSI and SSCOP protocol dissectors.
Ethereal could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off the network. (CVE-2006-4330, CVE-2006-4333)
An off-by-one bug was found in the IPsec ESP decryption preference parser. Ethereal could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off the network. (CVE-2006-4331)
Users of Wireshark or Ethereal should upgrade to these updated packages containing Wireshark version 0.99.3, which is not vulnerable to these issues. These packages also fix a bug in the PAM configuration of the Wireshark packages which prevented non-root users starting a capture.
Solution
Update the affected wireshark and / or wireshark-gnome packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-4330
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-4331
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-4333
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-02.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 22344
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2006-0658.nasl
Version: 1.25
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 9/14/2006
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark-gnome, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2006
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2006