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Fedora 10 : wireshark-1.2.1-1.fc10 (2009-7998)
high Nessus Plugin ID 43015
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
Rebased to 1.2.x, fixing several security flaws, see the security advisory for details:http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html
Note 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
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-04.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512953
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512987
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512992
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513008
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 43015
File Name: fedora_2009-7998.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 12/7/2009
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 5.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:10
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-2559, CVE-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2561, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563