Amazon Linux 2023 : wireshark-cli, wireshark-devel (ALAS2023-2026-1904)

high Nessus Plugin ID 327387

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1904 advisory.

ICMPv6 PvD protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-5299)

AFP Spotlight protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-5401)

K12 RF5 file parser crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-5404)

FC-SWILS protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-5406)

SMB2 protocol dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-5407)

BT-DHT protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-5408)

Monero protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-5409)

DCP-ETSI protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-5653)

AMR-NB codec crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-5654)

iLBC codec crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-5657)

MBIM protocol dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6519)

OpenFlow v6 protocol dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6520)

OpenFlow v5 protocol dissector infinite loops in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6521)

RPKI-Router protocol dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6522)

GNW protocol dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6523)

MySQL protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6524)

ASN.1 PER protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6527)

iLBC audio codec crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6529)

DCP-ETSI protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6530)

SANE protocol dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6531)

Kismet protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6532)

Dissection engine LZ77 decompression crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6533)

USB HID protocol dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6534)

Dissection engine zlib decompression crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6535)

ZigBee protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6537)

BEEP protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6538)

SMB2 protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6867)

HTTP protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6868)

WebSocket protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6869)

GSM RP protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-6870)

UDS protocol dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-7375)

Crash in sharkd 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-7376)

Crash in sharkd 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-7378)

Memory leak in sharkd 4.6.0 to 4.6.4 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.14 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-7379)

ROHC protocol dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.5 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.15 allows denial of service (CVE-2026-9759)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'dnf update wireshark --releasever 2023.12.20260706' or or 'dnf update --advisory ALAS2023-2026-1904 --releasever 2023.12.20260706' to update your system.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 327387

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2026-1904.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Amazon Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 7/16/2026

Updated: 7/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.75

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-2026-7379

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:amazon:linux:wireshark-cli, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wireshark-cli-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:wireshark-debugsource, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-5299, CVE-2026-5401, CVE-2026-5404, CVE-2026-5406, CVE-2026-5407, CVE-2026-5408, CVE-2026-5409, CVE-2026-5653, CVE-2026-5654, CVE-2026-5657, CVE-2026-6519, CVE-2026-6520, CVE-2026-6521, CVE-2026-6522, CVE-2026-6523, CVE-2026-6524, CVE-2026-6527, CVE-2026-6529, CVE-2026-6530, CVE-2026-6531, CVE-2026-6532, CVE-2026-6533, CVE-2026-6534, CVE-2026-6535, CVE-2026-6537, CVE-2026-6538, CVE-2026-6867, CVE-2026-6868, CVE-2026-6869, CVE-2026-6870, CVE-2026-7375, CVE-2026-7376, CVE-2026-7378, CVE-2026-7379, CVE-2026-9759

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