Alpine: tshark, multiple wireshark packages: security update to 2.6.8-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400572

Description

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

- In Wireshark 3.0.0, the IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in
epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c by detecting cases in which the bit offset does not advance.
(CVE-2019-10897)

- In Wireshark 3.0.0, the GSUP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in
epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_gsup.c by rejecting an invalid Information Element length. (CVE-2019-10898)

- In Wireshark 3.0.0, the Rbm dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in
epan/dissectors/file-rbm.c by handling unknown object types safely. (CVE-2019-10900)

- In Wireshark 3.0.0, the TSDNS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-tsdns.c
by splitting strings safely. (CVE-2019-10902)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400572

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10902

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10897, CVE-2019-10898, CVE-2019-10900, CVE-2019-10902

BID: 107836

IAVB: 2019-B-0026-S

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