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Fedora 9 : wireshark-1.0.2-1.fc9 (2008-6440)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 33521
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Upgrade to upstream 1.0.2 that fixes several security vulnerabilities:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-04.html
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 package.See Also
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-03.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-04.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454970
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454971
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454972
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454973
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=454975
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 33521
File Name: fedora_2008-6440.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 7/16/2008
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:9
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3139, CVE-2008-3140, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145
BID: 30020