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RockyLinux 8 : wireshark (RLSA-2023:7015)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 322763

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2023:7015 advisory.

 * wireshark: RTPS dissector crash (CVE-2023-0666)

 * wireshark: VMS TCPIPtrace file parser crash (CVE-2023-2856)

 * wireshark: NetScaler file parser crash (CVE-2023-2858)

 * wireshark: XRA dissector infinite loop (CVE-2023-2952)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux 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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2210824

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2210829

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2210832

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2211406

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2023:7015

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 322763

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2023-7015.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 6/25/2026

Updated: 6/25/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, 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-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:rocky:linux:wireshark-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-cli-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-cli, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-debuginfo

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0666, CVE-2023-2856, CVE-2023-2858, CVE-2023-2952