Debian DSA-2792-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70749

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for IEEE 802.15.4, NBAP, SIP and TCP, which could result in denial of service.

The oldstable distribution (squeeze) is only affected by CVE-2013-6340. This problem has been fixed in version 1.2.11-6+squeeze13.

Solution

Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2-5wheezy7.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70749

File Name: debian_DSA-2792.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/5/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/4/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6336, CVE-2013-6337, CVE-2013-6338, CVE-2013-6340

BID: 63500, 63502, 63503, 63504

DSA: 2792

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