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RHEL 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2007:0710)
high Nessus Plugin ID 27833
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 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. 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.
Several denial of service bugs were found in Wireshark's HTTP, iSeries, DCP ETSI, SSL, MMS, DHCP and BOOTP protocol dissectors. It was possible for Wireshark to crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off the network. (CVE-2007-3389, CVE-2007-3390, CVE-2007-3391, CVE-2007-3392, CVE-2007-3393)
Users of Wireshark and Ethereal should upgrade to these updated packages, containing Wireshark version 0.99.6, which is not vulnerable to these issues.
Solution
Update the affected wireshark and / or wireshark-gnome packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3389
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3390
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3391
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3392
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2007-3393
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-0.99.6.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 27833
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0710.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/8/2007
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark-gnome, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-3389, CVE-2007-3390, CVE-2007-3391, CVE-2007-3392, CVE-2007-3393
BID: 24662