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Debian DSA-2709-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66910

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for CAPWAP, GMR-1 BCCH, PPP, NBAP, RDP, HTTP, DCP ETSI and in the Ixia IxVeriWave file parser, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2-5wheezy4.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/wireshark

https://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2709

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66910

File Name: debian_DSA-2709.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/18/2013

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/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:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4074, CVE-2013-4075, CVE-2013-4076, CVE-2013-4077, CVE-2013-4078, CVE-2013-4081, CVE-2013-4082, CVE-2013-4083

BID: 60495, 60499, 60500, 60501, 60502, 60504, 60505, 60506

DSA: 2709