Alpine: multiple wireshark packages, tshark: security update to 2.4.6-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 427108

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- The set_text_distance function in devices/vector/gdevpdts.c in the pdfwrite component in Artifex
Ghostscript through 9.22 does not prevent overflows in text-positioning calculation, which allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a
crafted PDF document. (CVE-2018-10194)

- In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the LWAPP dissector could crash. This was addressed in
epan/dissectors/packet-lwapp.c by limiting the encapsulation levels to restrict the recursion depth.
(CVE-2018-9256)

- In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the CQL dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in
epan/dissectors/packet-cql.c by checking for a nonzero number of columns. (CVE-2018-9257)

- In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5, the TCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-
tcp.c by preserving valid data sources. (CVE-2018-9258)

- In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.5 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.13, the IEEE 802.15.4 dissector could crash. This was
addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee802154.c by ensuring that an allocation step occurs.
(CVE-2018-9260)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 427108

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 5/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-10194

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-10194, CVE-2018-9256, CVE-2018-9257, CVE-2018-9258, CVE-2018-9260, CVE-2018-9261, CVE-2018-9262, CVE-2018-9263, CVE-2018-9264, CVE-2018-9267

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