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Wireshark / Ethereal Unsupported Version Detection

critical Nessus Plugin ID 56710

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Synopsis

The remote host contains an unsupported version of Wireshark / Ethereal.

Description

According to its version, the installation of Wireshark / Ethereal on the remote host is no longer supported.

Lack of support implies that no new security patches for the product will be released by the vendor. As a result, it is likely to contain security vulnerabilities.

Solution

Upgrade to a version of Wireshark that is currently supported.

See Also

https://wiki.wireshark.org/Development/LifeCycle

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 56710

File Name: wireshark_unsupported.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/4/2011

Updated: 6/10/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Score given for software which will no longer receive security updates.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Reference Information

IAVA: 0001-A-0624