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openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2012:0558-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 74610
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Synopsis
The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.Description
Changes in wireshark :- update to 1.4.12
- fix bnc#754474, bnc#754476, bnc#754477(fixed upstream)
- Security fixes :
- wnpa-sec-2012-04 The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. (Bug 6823)
- wnpa-sec-2012-06 The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. (Bug 6804)
- wnpa-sec-2012-07 The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. (Bug 6804)
- The Windows installers now include GnuTLS 1.12.18, which fixes several vulnerabilities.
- Bug fixes :
- Some PGM options are not parsed correctly. (Bug 5687)
- dumpcap crashes when capturing from pipe to a pcap-ng file (e.g., when passing data from CACE Pilot to Wireshark). (Bug 5939)
- No error for UDP/IPv6 packet with zero checksum. (Bug 6232)
- packetBB dissector bug: More than 1000000 items in the tree -- possible infinite loop. (Bug 6687)
- Ethernet traces in K12 text format sometimes give bogus 'malformed frame' errors and other problems. (Bug 6735)
- non-IPP packets to or from port 631 are dissected as IPP. (Bug 6765)
- IAX2 dissector reads past end of packet for unknown IEs.
(Bug 6815)
- Pcap-NG files with SHB options longer than 100 bytes aren't recognized as pcap-NG files, and options longer than 100 bytes in other blocks aren't handled either.
(Bug 6846)
- Patch to fix DTLS decryption. (Bug 6847)
- Expression... dialog is crash. (Bug 6891)
- ISAKMP : VendorID CheckPoint : Malformed Packet. (Bug 6972)
- Radiotap dissector lists a bogus 'DBM TX Attenuation' bit. (Bug 7000)
- MySQL dissector assertion. (Ask 8649) Updated Protocol Support HTTP, ISAKMP, MySQL, PacketBB, PGM, TCP, UDP New and Updated Capture File Support Endace ERF, Pcap-NG.
Solution
Update the affected wireshark packages.See Also
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754474
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754476
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=754477
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-04/msg00060.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 74610
File Name: openSUSE-2012-248.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 6/13/2014
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: 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: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-debugsource
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Patch Publication Date: 4/18/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/11/2012