RockyLinux 9 : wireshark (RLSA-2026:97879)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 380085

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:97879 advisory.

* wireshark: Wireshark: Denial of Service via C12.22 protocol dissector crash (CVE-2026-76886)

* wireshark: Wireshark: Denial of Service via RRC protocol dissector out-of-bounds write (CVE-2026-76880)

* wireshark: Wireshark: Denial of Service vulnerability in ESS protocol dissector (CVE-2026-76919)

* wireshark: Wireshark: Denial of Service vulnerability in H.245 protocol dissector (CVE-2026-76927)

* wireshark: wireshark: Denial of Service via heap-based buffer overflow in SPDY dissector (CVE-2026-95387)

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.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 380085

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-97879.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 11/13/2026

Updated: 11/13/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 58.41

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-2026-95387

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-76886

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:rocky:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-cli-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-cli, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:wireshark

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: 11/13/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-76880, CVE-2026-76886, CVE-2026-76919, CVE-2026-76927, CVE-2026-95387

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