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Fedora 40 : wireshark (2024-cd1f01e5d9)

high Nessus Plugin ID 198242

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-cd1f01e5d9 advisory.

 New version 4.2.5. Includes fixes for CVE-2024-4853, CVE-2024-4854, CVE-2024-4855.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora 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 1:wireshark package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-cd1f01e5d9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 198242

File Name: fedora_2024-cd1f01e5d9.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/31/2024

Updated: 8/6/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, 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-2024-4854

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:40

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4853, CVE-2024-4854, CVE-2024-4855

FEDORA: 2024-cd1f01e5d9

IAVB: 2024-B-0061-S