Fedora 27 : 1:wireshark (2017-3997279e65)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105858

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

New upstream version 2.4.3. It contains fixes for CVE-2017-17084, CVE-2017-17083 and CVE-2017-17085.

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Solution

Update the affected 1:wireshark package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-3997279e65

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105858

File Name: fedora_2017-3997279e65.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/15/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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 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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:1:wireshark, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:27

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17083, CVE-2017-17084, CVE-2017-17085