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CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0890)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 34326
Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.
Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-3146)
Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934)
Additionally, this update changes the default Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) configuration to always prompt for the root password before each start of Wireshark. This avoids unintentionally running Wireshark with root privileges.
Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.3, and resolve these issues.
Solution
Update the affected wireshark packages.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?ca1ababf
http://www.nessus.org/u?8dbb3197
http://www.nessus.org/u?ce4d9856
http://www.nessus.org/u?f3efc196
http://www.nessus.org/u?cc966927
http://www.nessus.org/u?61878bf6
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 34326
File Name: centos_RHSA-2008-0890.nasl
Version: 1.28
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 10/2/2008
Updated: 1/4/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark-gnome, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/3/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/28/2008
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1070, CVE-2008-1071, CVE-2008-1072, CVE-2008-1561, CVE-2008-1562, CVE-2008-1563, CVE-2008-3137, CVE-2008-3138, CVE-2008-3141, CVE-2008-3145, CVE-2008-3146, CVE-2008-3932, CVE-2008-3933, CVE-2008-3934