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RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2008:0890)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 34328
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-3146)
Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934)
Additionally, this update changes the default Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration to always prompt for the root password before each start of Wireshark. This avoids unintentionally running Wireshark with root privileges.
Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.3, and resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected wireshark and / or wireshark-gnome packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1070
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1071
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1072
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1561
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1562
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1563
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3137
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3138
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3141
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3145
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3146
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3932
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3933
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-3934
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 34328
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0890.nasl
Version: 1.33
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 10/2/2008
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: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark-gnome, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2008
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3146, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934