SuSE 11.2 / 11.3 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Numbers 8708 / 8709)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 72086

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

wireshark was updated to security update version 1.8.12, fixing bugs and security issues.

- The SIP dissector could go into an infinite loop.
wnpa-sec-2013-66. (CVE-2013-7112)

- The NTLMSSP v2 dissector could crash. Discovered by Garming Sam. wnpa-sec-2013-68 (CVE-2013-7114) Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in :

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.12.html

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 8708 / 8709 as appropriate.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=855980

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856496

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856498

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7112.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7113.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7114.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 72086

File Name: suse_11_wireshark-131227.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/22/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:wireshark

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-7112, CVE-2013-7113, CVE-2013-7114