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Debian DSA-3294-1 : wireshark - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84350

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for WCCP and GSM DTAP, which could result in denial of service.

The oldstable distribution (wheezy) is not affected.

Solution

Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u2.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3294

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84350

File Name: debian_DSA-3294.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/24/2015

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: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: 6/23/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4651, CVE-2015-4652

BID: 75316, 75317

DSA: 3294