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Alpine: multiple wireshark packages, tshark: security update to 2.2.4-r0
high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 407624
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:- In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop,
triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-
asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow. (CVE-2017-5596)
- In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could go into a large loop, triggered
by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dhcpv6.c by
changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow. (CVE-2017-5597)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 407624
Version: Revision 1.27
Type: Local
Published: 10/31/2023
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: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5597
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-5596, CVE-2017-5597
IAVB: 2017-B-0012-S