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CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2014:1676 centos7

🗓️ 22 Oct 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType 
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CentOS Update for Wireshark CESA-2014:1676 centos7. Multiple security vulnerabilities in Wireshark require an update to the latest packages

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.882064");
  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:"2014-10-22 06:01:56 +0200 (Wed, 22 Oct 2014)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2014-6421", "CVE-2014-6422", "CVE-2014-6423", "CVE-2014-6424",
                "CVE-2014-6425", "CVE-2014-6426", "CVE-2014-6427", "CVE-2014-6428",
                "CVE-2014-6429", "CVE-2014-6430", "CVE-2014-6431", "CVE-2014-6432");
  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_name("CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2014:1676 centos7");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Check the version of wireshark");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Wireshark is a network protocol analyzer.
It is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.

Multiple 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-2014-6429, CVE-2014-6430, CVE-2014-6431, CVE-2014-6432)

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-2014-6421, CVE-2014-6422, CVE-2014-6423,
CVE-2014-6424, CVE-2014-6425, CVE-2014-6426, CVE-2014-6427, CVE-2014-6428)

All wireshark users are advised to 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:"affected", value:"wireshark on CentOS 7");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2014:1676");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2014-October/020702.html");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 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=CentOS7");
  exit(0);
}

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

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

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS7")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"wireshark", rpm:"wireshark~1.10.3~12.el7_0", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"wireshark-devel", rpm:"wireshark-devel~1.10.3~12.el7_0", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"wireshark-gnome", rpm:"wireshark-gnome~1.10.3~12.el7_0", rls:"CentOS7")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

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

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