Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60100
Category:	Debian Local Security Checks
Title:	Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1446-1)
Summary:	The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ethereal, wireshark' package(s) announced via the DSA-1446-1 advisory.
Description:	Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'ethereal, wireshark' package(s) announced via the DSA-1446-1 advisory. Vulnerability Insight: Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which may lead to denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems: CVE-2007-6450 The RPL dissector could be tricked into an infinite loop. CVE-2007-6451 The CIP dissector could be tricked into excessive memory allocation. For the old stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been fixed in version 0.10.10-2sarge11. (In Sarge Wireshark used to be called Ethereal). For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in version 0.99.4-5.etch.2. For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 0.99.7-1. We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages. Affected Software/OS: 'ethereal, wireshark' package(s) on Debian 3.1, Debian 4. Solution: Please install the updated package(s). CVSS Score: 5.0 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-6450 20080103 rPSA-2008-0004-1 tshark wireshark http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485792/100/0/threaded 27071 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27071 27777 http://secunia.com/advisories/27777 28288 http://secunia.com/advisories/28288 28304 http://secunia.com/advisories/28304 28315 http://secunia.com/advisories/28315 28325 http://secunia.com/advisories/28325 28564 http://secunia.com/advisories/28564 28583 http://secunia.com/advisories/28583 29048 http://secunia.com/advisories/29048 DSA-1446 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1446 GLSA-200712-23 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200712-23.xml MDVSA-2008:001 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:001 MDVSA-2008:1 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:1 RHSA-2008:0058 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0058.html RHSA-2008:0059 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0059.html SUSE-SR:2008:004 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199958 http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0004 http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2007-03.html https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1975 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11442 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11442 wireshark-rpl-dissector-dos(39186) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39186 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-6451 oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9685 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9685 wireshark-cip-dissector-dos(39187) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39187
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