Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2011:007)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 51799

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability has been found and corrected in wireshark :

Buffer overflow in the MAC-LTE dissector (epan/dissectors/packet-mac-lte.c) in Wireshark 1.2.0 through 1.2.13 and 1.4.0 through 1.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of RARs (CVE-2011-0444).

The updated packages have been upgraded to the latest version (1.2.14) which is not affected by this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 51799

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-007.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 1/28/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:tshark, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64wireshark0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wireshark, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libwireshark0, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:wireshark-tools, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:dumpcap, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:rawshark

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/14/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0444

BID: 45775

MDVSA: 2011:007

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