SUSE SLED15: libwireshark15 / libwiretap12 / libwsutil13 / wireshark / etc (SUSE-SU-2023:2320-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176510

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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-2023:2320-1 advisory.

Updated to version 3.6.14:

- CVE-2023-2855: Fixed a crash in the Candump log file parser (boo#1211703).
- CVE-2023-2856: Fixed a crash in the VMS TCPIPtrace file parser (boo#1211707).
- CVE-2023-2857: Fixed a crash in the BLF file parser (boo#1211705).
- CVE-2023-2858: Fixed a crash in the NetScaler file parser (boo#1211706).
- CVE-2023-0668: Fixed a crash in the IEEE C37.118 Synchrophasor dissector (boo#1211710).
- CVE-2023-2879: GDSDB dissector infinite loop (boo#1211793).

Further features, bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-3.6.14.html

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: 176510

File Name: suse_SU-2023-2320-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/31/2023

Updated: 6/25/2026

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: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.54

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 Score Source: CVE-2023-2859

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2859

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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/30/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0668, CVE-2023-2855, CVE-2023-2856, CVE-2023-2857, CVE-2023-2858, CVE-2023-2859

IAVB: 2023-B-0036-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:2320-1

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