Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2011:164)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 61934

Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This advisory updates wireshark to the latest version (1.6.3), fixing several security issues :

An uninitialized variable in the CSN.1 dissector could cause a crash (CVE-2011-4100).

Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of Red Hat Security Response Team discovered that the Infiniband dissector could dereference a NULL pointer (CVE-2011-4101).

Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of Red Hat Security Response Team discovered a buffer overflow in the ERF file reader (CVE-2011-4102).

The updated packages have been upgraded to the latest 1.6.x version (1.6.3) which is not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-17.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-18.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-19.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 61934

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-164.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 9/6/2012

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dumpcap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rawshark, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:tshark, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wireshark-tools, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2011

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/2/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4100, CVE-2011-4101, CVE-2011-4102

MDVSA: 2011:164