openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2011:0347-1)

Medium Nessus Plugin ID 53809

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VPR Score: 4.4

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

Wireshark was updated to version 1.4.4 to fix several security issues (CVE-2011-1138, CVE-2011-1139, CVE-2011-1140 CVE-2011-1143).

Solution

Update the affected wireshark packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678567

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678568

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678569

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678571

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-04/msg00046.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 53809

File Name: suse_11_2_wireshark-110411.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2011/05/05

Updated: 2021/01/14

Dependencies: 12634

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 4.4

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-devel, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.2

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

Patch Publication Date: 2011/04/11

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1138, CVE-2011-1139, CVE-2011-1140, CVE-2011-1143