Detections
Analytics
Fedora 12 : wireshark-1.2.6-1.fc12 (2010-3556)
high Nessus Plugin ID 47316
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Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Upgrade to upstream version 1.2.6, fixing a security flaw: * http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-02.html For full release notes, see: * http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.6.htmlNote that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected wireshark package.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?33025559
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.6.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 47316
File Name: fedora_2010-3556.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 7/1/2010
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:12
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/3/2010
Exploitable With
CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)
Core Impact
Metasploit (Wireshark LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (loop))
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0304
BID: 37985