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FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (f6f19735-9245-4918-8a60-87948ebb4907)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 35990
Synopsis
The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.Description
Vendor reports :On non-Windows systems Wireshark could crash if the HOME environment variable contained sprintf-style string formatting characters.
Wireshark could crash while reading a malformed NetScreen snoop file.
Wireshark could crash while reading a Tektronix K12 text capture file.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 35990
File Name: freebsd_pkg_f6f19735924549188a6087948ebb4907.nasl
Version: 1.16
Type: local
Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks
Published: 3/23/2009
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
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:freebsd:freebsd:ethereal, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:ethereal-lite, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tethereal, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tethereal-lite, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark-lite, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info
Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2009