CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2012:0509 centos6
🗓️ 30 Jul 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 357 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireshark -- Multiple vulnerabilities | 10 Jan 201000:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Medium: wireshark | 30 Apr 201200:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : wireshark (ALAS-2012-71) | 4 Sep 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 : wireshark (CESA-2012:0509) | 25 Apr 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 5 : wireshark (CESA-2013:0125) | 17 Jan 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-2274-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities | 8 Jul 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-2351-1 : wireshark - buffer overflow | 22 Nov 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-2395-1 : wireshark - buffer underflow | 31 Jan 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 13 : wireshark-1.2.16-1.fc13 (2011-5529) | 27 Apr 201100:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 14 : wireshark-1.4.6-1.fc14 (2011-5569) | 27 Apr 201100:00 | – | nessus |
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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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/2012-April/018591.html");
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881173");
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:"2012-07-30 16:32:44 +0530 (Mon, 30 Jul 2012)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1143", "CVE-2011-1590", "CVE-2011-1957", "CVE-2011-1958",
"CVE-2011-1959", "CVE-2011-2174", "CVE-2011-2175", "CVE-2011-2597",
"CVE-2011-2698", "CVE-2011-4102", "CVE-2012-0041", "CVE-2012-0042",
"CVE-2012-0066", "CVE-2012-0067", "CVE-2012-1595");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2012:0509");
script_name("CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2012:0509 centos6");
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) 2012 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=CentOS6");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"wireshark on CentOS 6");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was
previously known as Ethereal.
Several flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet
off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly,
execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2011-1590,
CVE-2011-4102, CVE-2012-1595)
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 malicious dump file. (CVE-2011-1143, CVE-2011-1957, CVE-2011-1958,
CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2174, CVE-2011-2175, CVE-2011-2597, CVE-2011-2698,
CVE-2012-0041, CVE-2012-0042, CVE-2012-0067, CVE-2012-0066)
Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
backported patches to correct these issues. All running instances of
Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.");
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 == "CentOS6")
{
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"wireshark", rpm:"wireshark~1.2.15~2.el6_2.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"wireshark-devel", rpm:"wireshark-devel~1.2.15~2.el6_2.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"wireshark-gnome", rpm:"wireshark-gnome~1.2.15~2.el6_2.1", rls:"CentOS6")) != NULL)
{
security_message(data:res);
exit(0);
}
if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
exit(0);
}
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