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SUSE SLED15: libwireshark14 / libwiretap11 / libwsutil12 / wireshark / etc (SUSE-SU-2021:2457-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 152032

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLES15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:2457-1 advisory.

 Update wireshark to 3.4.6.

 Including a fix for:

 - DVB-S2-BB dissector infinite loop (bsc#1186790).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1186790

http://www.nessus.org/u?64a66745

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 152032

File Name: suse_SU-2021-2457-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/23/2021

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-ui-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwireshark14, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwiretap11, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwsutil12

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2021

Reference Information

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:2457-1