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Debian DSA-3719-1 : wireshark - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 95032

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for DCERPC, AllJoyn, DTN, and OpenFlow, that could lead to various crashes, denial-of-service, or execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u10.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/wireshark

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3719

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 95032

File Name: debian_DSA-3719.nasl

Version: 2.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/22/2016

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9373, CVE-2016-9374, CVE-2016-9375, CVE-2016-9376

DSA: 3719