openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2014:0382-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 75295

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Wireshark was updated to version 1.8.13 on openSUSE 12.3 and 1.10.6 on openSUSE 13.1 to fix security issues and bugs.

Wireshark update to 1.8.13 [bnc#867485]

+ vulnerabilities fixed :

- The NFS dissector could crash wnpa-sec-2014-01 CVE-2014-2281

- The RLC dissector could crash wnpa-sec-2014-03 CVE-2014-2283

- The MPEG file parser could overflow a buffer wnpa-sec-2014-04 CVE-2014-2299

+ Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.13 .html

Wireshark update to 1.10.6 [bnc#867485]

+ vulnerabilities fixed :

- The NFS dissector could crash wnpa-sec-2014-01 CVE-2014-2281

- The M3UA dissector could crash wnpa-sec-2014-02 CVE-2014-2282

- The RLC dissector could crash wnpa-sec-2014-03 CVE-2014-2283

- The MPEG file parser could overflow a buffer wnpa-sec-2014-04 CVE-2014-2299

+ Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.6 .html

Solution

Update the affected wireshark packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=867485

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-03/msg00046.html

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.6.html

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.13.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 75295

File Name: openSUSE-2014-214.nasl

Version: 1.8

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: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:12.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, 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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2014

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Wireshark wiretap/mpeg.c Stack Buffer Overflow)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-2281, CVE-2014-2282, CVE-2014-2283, CVE-2014-2299

BID: 66066, 66068, 66070, 66072