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GLSA-200803-32 : Wireshark: Denial of Service

medium Nessus Plugin ID 31672

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200803-32 (Wireshark: Denial of Service)

 Multiple unspecified errors exist in the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service by sending a malformed packet.
 Workaround :

 Disable the SCTP, SNMP, and TFTP dissectors.

Solution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/wireshark-0.99.8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-32

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 31672

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200803-32.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 3/26/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/24/2008

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072

BID: 28025

CWE: 399

GLSA: 200803-32