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Fedora 18 : wireshark-1.10.2-4.fc18 (2013-17635)

high Nessus Plugin ID 71543

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

dumpcap now stores temporary capture files in /var/tmp

- Convert automake/pkgconfig files into patches (better upstream integration)

- Restored category in the *.desktop file

- Install another one necessary header file - frame_data_sequence.h

- Add basic OpenFlow dissector

- Ver. 1.10.2

- Ver. 1.10.1 fix missing ws_symbol_export.h

- Ver. 1.10.2

- Ver. 1.10.1 fix missing ws_symbol_export.h

- Enhance desktop integration (*.desktop and MIME-related files)

- Add basic OpenFlow dissector

- Ver. 1.10.2

- Ver. 1.10.1 fix missing ws_symbol_export.h

- Ver. 1.10.2

- Ver. 1.10.1 fix missing ws_symbol_export.h

- Enhance desktop integration (*.desktop and MIME-related files)

- Add basic OpenFlow dissector

- Ver. 1.10.2

- Ver. 1.10.1 fix missing ws_symbol_export.h

- Ver. 1.10.2

- Ver. 1.10.1 fix missing ws_symbol_export.h

- Ver. 1.10.2

- Various security fixes

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected wireshark package.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 71543

File Name: fedora_2013-17635.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 12/20/2013

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

Temporal Vector: E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:18

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/26/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-3555, CVE-2013-3557, CVE-2013-3558, CVE-2013-3559, CVE-2013-3560, CVE-2013-3562, CVE-2013-4074, CVE-2013-4075, CVE-2013-4076, CVE-2013-4077, CVE-2013-4078, CVE-2013-4079, CVE-2013-4080, CVE-2013-4081, CVE-2013-4082, CVE-2013-4083, CVE-2013-4920, CVE-2013-4921, CVE-2013-4922, CVE-2013-4923, CVE-2013-4924, CVE-2013-4925, CVE-2013-4926, CVE-2013-4927, CVE-2013-4928, CVE-2013-4929, CVE-2013-4930, CVE-2013-4931, CVE-2013-4932, CVE-2013-4933, CVE-2013-4934, CVE-2013-4935

BID: 59992, 59994, 59995, 59998, 59999, 60021, 60495, 60498, 60499, 60500, 60501, 60502, 60503, 60504, 60505, 60506, 61471, 62868

FEDORA: 2013-17635