SuSE 11.1 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 5281)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57136

Synopsis

The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update.

Description

This update of wireshark fixes the following vulnerabilities :

- Wireshark IKE dissector vulnerability. (CVE-2011-3266)

- Wireshark Lua script execution vulnerability.
(CVE-2011-3360)

- Wireshark buffer exception handling vulnerability.
(CVE-2011-3483)

- Lucent/Ascend file parser susceptible to infinite loop.
(CVE-2011-2597)

- ANSI MAP dissector susceptible to infinite loop.
(CVE-2011-2698)

- Large/infinite loop in the DICOM dissector.
(CVE-2011-1957)

- A corrupted snoop file could crash Wireshark.
(CVE-2011-1959)

- Malformed compressed capture data could crash Wireshark.
(CVE-2011-2174)

- A corrupted Visual Networks file could crash Wireshark.
(CVE-2011-2175)

- dereferene a NULL pointer if we had a corrupted Diameter dictionary. (CVE-2011-1958)

Solution

Apply SAT patch number 5281.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697516

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=706728

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=718032

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1957.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1958.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-1959.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2174.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2175.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2597.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2698.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3266.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3360.html

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3483.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57136

File Name: suse_11_wireshark-111013.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2011

Updated: 1/19/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:11:wireshark, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2011

Exploitable With

CANVAS (White_Phosphorus)

Core Impact

Metasploit (Wireshark console.lua Pre-Loading Script Execution)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1957, CVE-2011-1958, CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2174, CVE-2011-2175, CVE-2011-2597, CVE-2011-2698, CVE-2011-3266, CVE-2011-3360, CVE-2011-3483