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Debian DSA-3648-1 : wireshark - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 92958

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for NDS, PacketBB, WSP, MMSE, RLC, LDSS, RLC and OpenFlow, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u8.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3648

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 92958

File Name: debian_DSA-3648.nasl

Version: 2.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/15/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6504, CVE-2016-6505, CVE-2016-6506, CVE-2016-6507, CVE-2016-6508, CVE-2016-6509, CVE-2016-6510, CVE-2016-6511

DSA: 3648