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CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0360)
high Nessus Plugin ID 45594
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS 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.The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.
Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.
An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in the Wireshark SMB and SMB2 dissectors. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2009-4377)
Several buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark LWRES dissector. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2010-0304)
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 malicious dump file. (CVE-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829)
Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.11, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected wireshark packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?1304c484
http://www.nessus.org/u?4e24f164
http://www.nessus.org/u?185cf8bb
http://www.nessus.org/u?a3cf0dd0
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 45594
File Name: centos_RHSA-2010-0360.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 4/22/2010
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark-gnome, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2009
Exploitable With
CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Wireshark LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (loop))
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829, CVE-2009-4377, CVE-2010-0304