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Oracle Linux 9 : wireshark (ELSA-2023-6469)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 185879

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2023-6469 advisory.

 [1:3.4.10-6]
 - Resolves: #2211413 - XRA dissector infinite loop

 [1:3.4.10-5]
 - Resolves: #2210864 - Candump log file parser crash Resolves: #2210865 - VMS TCPIPtrace file parser crash Resolves: #2210868 - NetScaler file parser crash Resolves: #2210870 - RTPS dissector crash Resolves: #2210871 - IEEE C37.118 Synchrophasor dissector crash

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 wireshark, wireshark-cli and / or wireshark-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2023-6469.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 185879

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2023-6469.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/16/2023

Updated: 9/11/2025

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark-cli, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:9

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2023

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

IAVB: 2023-B-0036-S