openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:1263-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 75775

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Wireshark version upgrade to 1.4.10 to fix various security flaws and other non-security issues.

Solution

Update the affected wireshark packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706728

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-11/msg00023.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 75775

File Name: suse_11_3_wireshark-111115.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/13/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.3, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/15/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2597, CVE-2011-3266