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CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2009:0313 centos4 i386

🗓️ 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'wireshark' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Wireshark on CentOS 4

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-April/015801.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880945");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2009:0313");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4680", "CVE-2008-4681", "CVE-2008-4682", "CVE-2008-4683",
                "CVE-2008-4684", "CVE-2008-4685", "CVE-2008-5285", "CVE-2009-0599",
                "CVE-2009-0600");
  script_name("CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2009:0313 centos4 i386");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'wireshark'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS4");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"wireshark on CentOS 4");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was
  previously known as Ethereal.

  Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read
  a malformed packet off a network or opened a malformed dump file, it could
  crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark.
  (CVE-2008-4683, CVE-2009-0599)

  Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could
  crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or
  opened a malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-4680, CVE-2008-4681, CVE-2008-4682,
  CVE-2008-4684, CVE-2008-4685, CVE-2008-5285, CVE-2009-0600)

  Users of wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
  Wireshark version 1.0.6, and resolve these issues. All running instances of
  Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS4")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"wireshark", rpm:"wireshark~1.0.6~2.el4_7", rls:"CentOS4")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"wireshark-gnome", rpm:"wireshark-gnome~1.0.6~2.el4_7", rls:"CentOS4")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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