AlmaLinux 10 : wireshark (ALSA-2026:9666)

high Nessus Plugin ID 310148

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote AlmaLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALSA-2026:9666 advisory.

* wireshark: Buffer Over-read in Wireshark (CVE-2026-3203)
* wireshark: Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation in Wireshark (CVE-2026-3201)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the AlmaLinux 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://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-9666.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9666

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 310148

File Name: alma_linux_ALSA-2026-9666.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 4/24/2026

Updated: 4/24/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-3203

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: 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/cpu, Host/AlmaLinux/release, Host/AlmaLinux/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-3201, CVE-2026-3203

CWE: 126, 1325

RHSA: 2026:9666