RHEL 9 : wireshark (RHSA-2023:6469)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185134

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for wireshark.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2023:6469 advisory.

- wireshark: RTPS dissector crash (CVE-2023-0666)

- wireshark: IEEE C37.118 Synchrophasor dissector crash (CVE-2023-0668)

- wireshark: Candump log file parser crash (CVE-2023-2855)

- wireshark: VMS TCPIPtrace file parser crash (CVE-2023-2856)

- wireshark: NetScaler file parser crash (CVE-2023-2858)

- wireshark: XRA dissector infinite loop (CVE-2023-2952)

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 RHEL wireshark package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:6469.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185134

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-6469.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/7/2023

Updated: 4/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2952

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark-cli, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:wireshark-devel

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0666, CVE-2023-0668, CVE-2023-2855, CVE-2023-2856, CVE-2023-2858, CVE-2023-2952

CWE: 121, 122, 125, 835

IAVB: 2023-B-0036-S

RHSA: 2023:6469

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