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Debian DSA-2756-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 69885
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Synopsis
The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.Description
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for LDAP, RTPS and NBAP and in the Netmon file parser, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.Solution
Upgrade the wireshark packages.For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.11-6+squeeze12.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2-5wheezy6.
See Also
https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/wireshark
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 69885
File Name: debian_DSA-2756.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Debian Local Security Checks
Published: 9/14/2013
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
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:6.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-5718, CVE-2013-5720, CVE-2013-5722
DSA: 2756