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Debian DSA-3671-1 : wireshark - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 93613

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Synopsis

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

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for H.225, Catapult DCT2000, UMTS FP and IPMI, 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+deb8u9.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3671

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 93613

File Name: debian_DSA-3671.nasl

Version: 2.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/21/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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: 5.2

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:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7176, CVE-2016-7177, CVE-2016-7178, CVE-2016-7179, CVE-2016-7180

DSA: 3671