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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.831713
Category:Mandrake Local Security Checks
Title:Mandriva Update for wireshark MDVSA-2012:125 (wireshark)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'wireshark'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'wireshark'
package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Multiple vulnerabilities was found and corrected in Wireshark:

It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed
packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed
packet trace file (CVE-2012-4048).

It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources
by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone
to read a malformed packet trace file (CVE-2012-4049).

This advisory provides the latest versiona of Wireshark (1.4.14,
1.6.8) which is not vulnerable to these issues.

Affected Software/OS:
wireshark on Mandriva Linux 2011.0,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2

Solution:
Please Install the Updated Packages.

CVSS Score:
3.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-4048
Debian Security Information: DSA-2590 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15547
http://secunia.com/advisories/49971
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0930 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-4049
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15707
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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