Detections
Analytics
Fedora 13 : wireshark-1.2.16-1.fc13 (2011-5529)
high Nessus Plugin ID 53561
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Upgrade to latest release, fixing few security bugs. See http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.16.htmlNote 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/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.16.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697741
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 53561
File Name: fedora_2011-5529.nasl
Version: 1.22
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 4/27/2011
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:13, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark
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: 4/18/2011
Exploitable With
CANVAS (CANVAS)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Wireshark packet-dect.c Stack Buffer Overflow)
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2011-1590, CVE-2011-1591
FEDORA: 2011-5529