Debian dsa-6471 : libwireshark-data - security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 341052

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6471 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6471-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff August 27, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : wireshark CVE ID : CVE-2026-15163 CVE-2026-15164 CVE-2026-15166 CVE-2026-15167 CVE-2026-15168 CVE-2026-15169 CVE-2026-15170 CVE-2026-15171 CVE-2026-15172 CVE-2026-15174 CVE-2026-76879 CVE-2026-76880 CVE-2026-76881 CVE-2026-76882 CVE-2026-76883 CVE-2026-76884 CVE-2026-76885 CVE-2026-76886 CVE-2026-76887 CVE-2026-76888 CVE-2026-76889 CVE-2026-76890 CVE-2026-76891 CVE-2026-76917 CVE-2026-76918 CVE-2026-76919 CVE-2026-76920 CVE-2026-76921 CVE-2026-76922 CVE-2026-76923 CVE-2026-76924 CVE-2026-76926 CVE-2026-76927 CVE-2026-76928 CVE-2026-76929

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discocvered in Wireshark, a network protocol analyzer which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 4.4.18-0+deb13u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

For the detailed security status of wireshark please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/wireshark

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the libwireshark-data packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 341052

File Name: debian_DSA-6471.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/27/2026

Updated: 8/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.17

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-2026-15174

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-15168

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwireshark-data, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwireshark-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwireshark18, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwiretap-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwiretap15, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwsutil-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libwsutil16, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:tshark, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/27/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-15163, CVE-2026-15164, CVE-2026-15166, CVE-2026-15167, CVE-2026-15168, CVE-2026-15169, CVE-2026-15170, CVE-2026-15171, CVE-2026-15172, CVE-2026-15174, CVE-2026-76879, CVE-2026-76880, CVE-2026-76881, CVE-2026-76882, CVE-2026-76883, CVE-2026-76884, CVE-2026-76885, CVE-2026-76886, CVE-2026-76887, CVE-2026-76888, CVE-2026-76889, CVE-2026-76890, CVE-2026-76891, CVE-2026-76917, CVE-2026-76918, CVE-2026-76919, CVE-2026-76920, CVE-2026-76921, CVE-2026-76922, CVE-2026-76923, CVE-2026-76924, CVE-2026-76926, CVE-2026-76927, CVE-2026-76928, CVE-2026-76929

IAVB: 2026-B-0191-S, 2026-B-0239

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