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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.70029
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Security Advisory MDVSA-2011:118 (wireshark)
Summary:NOSUMMARY
Description:Description:
The remote host is missing an update to wireshark
announced via advisory MDVSA-2011:118.

This advisory updates wireshark to the latest version (1.2.18),
fixing one security issue:

The Lucent/Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.2.x before 1.2.18, 1.4.x
through 1.4.7, and 1.6.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service (infinite loop) via malformed packets (CVE-2011-2597).

Affected: 2010.1, Enterprise Server 5.0

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

http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=MDVSA-2011:118

Risk factor : Medium

CVSS Score:
4.3

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2011-2597
BugTraq ID: 48506
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48506
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063586.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063591.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:118
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14794
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025738
http://secunia.com/advisories/45086
http://secunia.com/advisories/45574
http://secunia.com/advisories/48947
SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SU-2011:1262 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00021.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2011:1263 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-11/msg00022.html
XForce ISS Database: wireshark-lucent-dos(68335)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68335
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2011 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com

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