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Oracle Linux 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2008-0890)

high Nessus Plugin ID 67748

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2008-0890 advisory.

 [1.0.3-4.0.1.el5_2]
 - Add oracle-ocfs2-network.patch

 [1.0.3-4]
 - fix pam session file, wireshark requires root pswd everytime its started

 [1.0.3-3]
 - fix pie flags

 [1.0.3-1]
 - upgrade to 1.0.3
 - fixes several security issues
 - Resolves: #461569

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected wireshark and / or wireshark-gnome packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2008-0890.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 67748

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0890.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-3146

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-3932

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark-gnome, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/OracleLinux

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/1/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2008

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3146, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934

BID: 28025, 28485, 30020, 30181, 31009

RHSA: 2008:0890