Fedora 22 : wireshark-1.12.7-2.fc22 (2015-13945)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 86313

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VPR Score: 3.6

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- Enable libnl3 (see rhbz#1207386, rhbz#1247566) - Remove airpcap switch (doesn't have any effect on Linux) - Backport patch no. 11 - Fixed building with F24+ * Ver.
1.12.7

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Solution

Update the affected wireshark package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 86313

File Name: fedora_2015-13945.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Fedora Local Security Checks

Published: 10/8/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Medium

VPR Score: 3.6

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:wireshark, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:22

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/24/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6241, CVE-2015-6242, CVE-2015-6243, CVE-2015-6244, CVE-2015-6245, CVE-2015-6246, CVE-2015-6247, CVE-2015-6248, CVE-2015-6249

FEDORA: 2015-13945