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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.66390
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2009:292-1 (wireshark)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update to wireshark;announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:292-1.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update to wireshark
announced via advisory MDVSA-2009:292-1.

Vulnerability Insight:
Vulnerabilities have been discovered and corrected in wireshark,
affecting DCERPC/NT dissector, which allows remote attackers to cause
a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash)
via a file that records a malformed packet trace (CVE-2009-3550), and
in wiretap/erf.c which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted
erf file (CVE-2009-3829).

The wireshark package has been updated to fix these vulnerabilities.

Update:

Packages for 2008.0 are being provided due to extended support for
Corporate products.

Affected: 2008.0

Solution:
To upgrade automatically use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

CVSS Score:
9.3

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3550
36846
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36846
37175
http://secunia.com/advisories/37175
37409
http://secunia.com/advisories/37409
37477
http://secunia.com/advisories/37477
ADV-2009-3061
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061
DSA-1942
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1942
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.10.html
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-08.html
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10103
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10103
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6005
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6005
wireshark-dcerpcnt-dos(54017)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54017
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2009-3829
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#676492
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/676492
Debian Security Information: DSA-1942 (Google Search)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5979
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9945
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