Oracle Linux 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2014-1677)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78640

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2014-1677 advisory.

[1.0.15-7.0.1.el5]
- Added oracle-ocfs2-network.patch
- increase max packet size to 65536 (Herbert van den Bergh) [orabug 13542633]

[1.0.15-7]
- security patches
- Resolves: CVE-2014-6421 CVE-2014-6423 CVE-2014-6425 CVE-2014-6428 CVE-2014-6429

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux 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 wireshark and / or wireshark-gnome packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1677.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78640

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2014-1677.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/23/2014

Updated: 4/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-6432

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:wireshark-gnome, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-6421, CVE-2014-6422, CVE-2014-6423, CVE-2014-6425, CVE-2014-6428, CVE-2014-6429, CVE-2014-6430, CVE-2014-6431, CVE-2014-6432

BID: 69853, 69855, 69856, 69857, 69858, 69859, 69860, 69865, 69866

RHSA: 2014:1677