Fedora 19 : wireshark-1.10.2-5.fc19 (2013-16696)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69917

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Convert automake/pkgconfig files into patches (better upstream integration)

- Restored category in the *.desktop file

- Install another one necessary header file - frame_data_sequence.h

- Add basic OpenFlow dissector

- Ver. 1.10.2

- Ver. 1.10.1 fix missing ws_symbol_export.h

- Ver. 1.10.2

- Ver. 1.10.1 fix missing ws_symbol_export.h

- Enhance desktop integration (*.desktop and MIME-related files)

- Add basic OpenFlow dissector

- Ver. 1.10.2

- Ver. 1.10.1 fix missing ws_symbol_export.h

- Ver. 1.10.2

- Ver. 1.10.1 fix missing ws_symbol_export.h

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://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990155

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990156

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990157

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990160

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990163

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990164

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990165

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=990166

http://www.nessus.org/u?a459fc73

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69917

File Name: fedora_2013-16696.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/17/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:19

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4920, CVE-2013-4921, CVE-2013-4922, CVE-2013-4923, CVE-2013-4924, CVE-2013-4925, CVE-2013-4926, CVE-2013-4927

BID: 61471

FEDORA: 2013-16696