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AlmaLinux 10 : wireshark (ALSA-2026:1714)
high Nessus Plugin ID 297668
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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-2026:1714 advisory.* Wireshark: NULL Pointer Dereference in Wireshark (CVE-2025-9817)
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: 297668
File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-1714.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Family: Alma Linux Local Security Checks
Published: 2/3/2026
Updated: 2/4/2026
Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-9817
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: cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::appstream, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap_hana, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:wireshark-devel, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::nfv, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::baseos, p-cpe:/a:alma:linux:wireshark-cli, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::supplementary, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::sap, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::resilientstorage, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::powertools, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::highavailability, cpe:/o:alma:linux:10::realtime
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/2/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2025-9817