Debian DSA-4315-1 : wireshark - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 118097

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the wireshark packages.

For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.3-1~deb9u1. This update upgrades Wireshark to the 2.6.x release branch, future security upgrades will be based on this series.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wireshark

https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/wireshark

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4315

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118097

File Name: debian_DSA-4315.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/15/2018

Updated: 2/8/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2018-16058

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

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16056, CVE-2018-16057, CVE-2018-16058

DSA: 4315