openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2012:1035-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 74720

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

wireshark was updated to 1.4.15

- The DCP ETSI dissector could trigger a zero division.
(wnpa-sec-2012-13 CVE-2012-4285)

- The XTP dissector could go into an infinite loop.
(wnpa-sec-2012-15 CVE-2012-4288)

- The AFP dissector could go into a large loop.
(wnpa-sec-2012-17 CVE-2012-4289)

- The RTPS2 dissector could overflow a buffer.
(wnpa-sec-2012-18 CVE-2012-4296)

- The CIP dissector could exhaust system memory.
(wnpa-sec-2012-20 CVE-2012-4291)

- The STUN dissector could crash. (wnpa-sec-2012-21 CVE-2012-4292)

- The EtherCAT Mailbox dissector could abort.
(wnpa-sec-2012-22 CVE-2012-4293)

- The CTDB dissector could go into a large loop.
(wnpa-sec-2012-23 CVE-2012-4290)

Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.15.html

Solution

Update the affected wireshark packages.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.15.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=776083

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00033.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 74720

File Name: openSUSE-2012-526.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

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: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/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: 8/16/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/16/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4285, CVE-2012-4288, CVE-2012-4289, CVE-2012-4290, CVE-2012-4291, CVE-2012-4292, CVE-2012-4293, CVE-2012-4296