Debian DSA-3277-1 : wireshark - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 83960

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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 LBMR, web sockets, WCP, X11, IEEE 802.11 and Android Logcat, which could result in denial of service.

Solution

Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.2-5wheezy16.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83960

File Name: debian_DSA-3277.nasl

Version: 2.13

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 6/3/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/2/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3808, CVE-2015-3809, CVE-2015-3810, CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2015-3814, CVE-2015-3815, CVE-2015-3906

BID: 74629, 74630, 74631, 74632, 74633, 74635, 74637

DSA: 3277

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