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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.881253
Category:CentOS Local Security Checks
Title:CentOS Update for wireshark CESA-2011:0013 centos4 x86_64
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:
Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was
previously known as Ethereal.

An array index error, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow, was found
in the Wireshark ENTTEC dissector. 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-2010-4538)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain
a backported patch to correct this issue. All running instances of
Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Affected Software/OS:
wireshark on CentOS 4

Solution:
Please install the updated packages.

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-2010-4538
1024930
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024930
42767
http://secunia.com/advisories/42767
42853
http://secunia.com/advisories/42853
42910
http://secunia.com/advisories/42910
42914
http://secunia.com/advisories/42914
45634
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45634
70244
http://osvdb.org/70244
ADV-2011-0008
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0008
ADV-2011-0053
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0053
ADV-2011-0069
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0069
ADV-2011-0079
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079
ADV-2011-0099
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0099
ADV-2011-0110
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0110
DSA-2144
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2144
FEDORA-2011-0128
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053042.html
FEDORA-2011-0167
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053061.html
MDVSA-2011:002
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:002
RHSA-2011:0013
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0013.html
[oss-security] 20101231 CVE Request: Wireshark
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/31/7
[oss-security] 20110103 Re: CVE Request: Wireshark
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/03/8
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5539
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14937
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14937
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