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GLSA-200708-12 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 25918

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200708-12 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Wireshark doesn't properly handle chunked encoding in HTTP responses (CVE-2007-3389), iSeries capture files (CVE-2007-3390), certain types of DCP ETSI packets (CVE-2007-3391), and SSL or MMS packets (CVE-2007-3392). An off-by-one error has been discovered in the DHCP/BOOTP dissector when handling DHCP-over-DOCSIS packets (CVE-2007-3393).
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could send specially crafted packets on a network being monitored with Wireshark, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Wireshark which might be the root user, or a Denial of Service.
 Workaround :

 In order to prevent root compromise, take network captures with tcpdump and analyze them running Wireshark as a least privileged user.

Solution

All Wireshark users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-analyzer/wireshark-0.99.6'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200708-12

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25918

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200708-12.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 8/21/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3389, CVE-2007-3390, CVE-2007-3391, CVE-2007-3392, CVE-2007-3393

CWE: 20

GLSA: 200708-12