SuSE 11.3 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 10444)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 82523

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

Wireshark was updated to version 1.10.13 fixing bugs and security issues :

The following security issues have been fixed.

- The WCP dissector could crash. wnpa-sec-2015-07 CVE-2015-2188 [bnc#920696]

- The pcapng file parser could crash. wnpa-sec-2015-08 CVE-2015-2189 [bnc#920697]

- The TNEF dissector could go into an infinite loop.
wnpa-sec-2015-10 CVE-2015-2191 [bnc#920699] Further bug fixes and updated protocol support are listed in :

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.13.html

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 10444.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920696

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920697

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920699

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2188.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2189.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-2191.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 82523

File Name: suse_11_wireshark-150311.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/2/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:wireshark

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/11/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2188, CVE-2015-2189, CVE-2015-2191