Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2008:057)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 36386

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A few vulnerabilities were found in Wireshark, that could cause it to crash or consume excessive memory under certain conditions.

This update rovides Wireshark 0.99.8 which is not vulnerable to the issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2008-01.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 36386

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2008-057.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 4/23/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

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: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:tshark, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wireshark-tools, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2007.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2008.0

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2008

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072

CWE: 399

MDVSA: 2008:057