SUSE SLED15: libwireshark15 / libwiretap12 / libwsutil13 / wireshark / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:0343-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 171429

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:0343-1 advisory.

- Updated to version 3.6.11 (bsc#1207447):
- CVE-2023-0417: Fixed a memory leak in the NFS dissector (bsc#1207669).
- CVE-2023-0413: Fixed a crash in the dissection engine (bsc#1207665).
- CVE-2023-0416: Fixed a crash in the GNW dissector (bsc#1207668).
- CVE-2023-0415: Fixed a crash in the iSCSI dissector (bsc#1207667).
- CVE-2023-0411: Fixed several issues where an excessive CPU consumption could be triggered in multiple dissectors (bsc#1207663).
- CVE-2023-0412: Fixed a crash in the TIPC dissector (bsc#1207664).

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

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

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 171429

File Name: suse_SU-2023-0343-1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 2/14/2023

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.63

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-2023-0412

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-0412

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:wireshark-ui-qt, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwireshark15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwiretap12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libwsutil13

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: 2/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4345, CVE-2023-0411, CVE-2023-0412, CVE-2023-0413, CVE-2023-0415, CVE-2023-0416, CVE-2023-0417

IAVB: 2023-B-0004-S, 2023-B-0008-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:0343-1

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