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Debian DSA-3141-1 : wireshark - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81028

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for SSL/TLS and DEC DNA, which could result in denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2-5wheezy14.

For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-3.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/wireshark

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3141

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81028

File Name: debian_DSA-3141.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/28/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0562, CVE-2015-0564

BID: 71921, 71922

DSA: 3141