Fedora 8 : wireshark-0.99.7-2.fc8 (2007-4590)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 29760

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

Various flaws fixed by upgrade to 0.99.7

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected wireshark, wireshark-debuginfo and / or wireshark-gnome packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 29760

File Name: fedora_2007-4590.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/24/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark-gnome, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark-debuginfo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:8, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/20/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-6111, CVE-2007-6112, CVE-2007-6113, CVE-2007-6114, CVE-2007-6115, CVE-2007-6116, CVE-2007-6117, CVE-2007-6118, CVE-2007-6119, CVE-2007-6120, CVE-2007-6121

BID: 26532

CWE: 119, 189, 20

FEDORA: 2007-4590

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