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AlmaLinux 10 : wireshark (ALSA-2025:9121)
high Nessus Plugin ID 269879
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Synopsis
The remote AlmaLinux host is missing a security update.Description
The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALSA-2025:9121 advisory.* wireshark: Uncontrolled Recursion in Wireshark (CVE-2025-1492)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 269879
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2025-9121.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 10/9/2025
Updated: 10/9/2025
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
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-2025-1492
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:wireshark-cli, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:wireshark-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 6/16/2025
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-1492