Debian DSA-1942-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 44807

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Synopsis

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

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which may lead to the execution of arbitrary code or denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2009-2560 A NULL pointer dereference was found in the RADIUS dissector.

- CVE-2009-3550 A NULL pointer dereference was found in the DCERP/NT dissector.

- CVE-2009-3829 An integer overflow was discovered in the ERF parser.

This update also includes fixes for three minor issues (CVE-2008-1829, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-3241 ), which were scheduled for the next stable point update. Also CVE-2009-1268 was fixed for Etch. Since this security update was issued prior to the release of the point update, the fixes were included.

Solution

Upgrade the Wireshark packages.

For the old stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.99.4-5.etch.4.

For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.2-3+lenny7.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 44807

File Name: debian_DSA-1942.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 2/24/2010

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:5.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1829, CVE-2009-1268, CVE-2009-1829, CVE-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-3241, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829

BID: 34457, 35748, 36408, 36591, 36846

CWE: 189, 20

DSA: 1942

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