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Debian DSA-2590-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities
low Nessus Plugin ID 63335
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Bjorn Mork and Laurent Butti discovered crashes in the PPP and RTPS2 dissectors, which could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code.Solution
Upgrade the wireshark packages.For the stable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.11-6+squeeze8.
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Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 63335
File Name: debian_DSA-2590.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 12/27/2012
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.3
Temporal Score: 2.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/26/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-4048, CVE-2012-4296
DSA: 2590