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FreeBSD : wireshark -- LWRES vulnerability (bb0a8795-15dc-11df-bf0a-002170daae37)
high Nessus Plugin ID 44429
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Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
Wireshark project reports :Babi discovered several buffer overflows in the LWRES dissector.
It may be possible to make Wireshark crash remotely or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 44429
File Name: freebsd_pkg_bb0a879515dc11dfbf0a002170daae37.nasl
Version: 1.14
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 2/10/2010
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark-lite, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/10/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2010
Exploitable With
CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Wireshark LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (loop))
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0304