SuSE 11.1 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 5433)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57137

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

This is a wireshark version upgrade to 1.4.10 to fix various security flaws and other non-security issues.

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5433.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706728

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2597.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3266.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57137

File Name: suse_11_wireshark-111115.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:wireshark

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2597, CVE-2011-3266