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openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1600)

high Nessus Plugin ID 42955

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Version upgrade of wireshark fix multiple vulnerabilities :

 - CVE-2009-3549: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM) The Paltalk dissector could crash on alignment-sensitive processors.

 - CVE-2009-3550: CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.3 (MEDIUM) The DCERPC/NT dissector could crash.

 - CVE-2009-3551: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM) The SMB dissector could crash.

 - CVE-2009-2560: CVSS v2 Base Score: 5.0 (MEDIUM) The RADIUS dissector could crash.

 - CVE-2009-3829 CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 (HIGH) Fix for an integer overflow in wiretap/erf.c that allowed remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ERF file. This does not affect SLE products.

Solution

Update the affected wireshark packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=550320

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=553215

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 42955

File Name: suse_11_2_wireshark-091125.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/1/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: 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: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/25/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2560, CVE-2009-3549, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3551, CVE-2009-3829

CWE: 189, 20