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GLSA-201406-33 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 76304

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201406-33 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker can cause arbitrary code execution or a Denial of Service condition via a specially crafted packet.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Wireshark 1.8.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.8.15' All Wireshark 1.10.x users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/wireshark-1.10.8'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201406-33

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 76304

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201406-33.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Published: 6/30/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: 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:gentoo:linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2014

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, CVE-2014-2907, CVE-2014-4020, CVE-2014-4174

BID: 66066, 66068, 66070, 66072, 66755, 67046, 68044

GLSA: 201406-33