QID 750694

Date Published: 2021-06-24

QID 750694: SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for wireshark (SUSE-SU-2021:2125-1)

This update for wireshark, libvirt, sbc and libqt5-qtmultimedia fixes the following issues: update wireshark to version 3.4.5 - new and updated support and bug fixes for multiple protocols - asynchronous dns resolution is always enabled - protobuf fields can be dissected as wireshark (header) fields - ui improvements including security fixes for: - cve-2021-22191: wireshark could open unsafe urls (bsc#1183353).
- cve-2021-22207: ms-wsp dissector excessive memory consumption (bsc#1185128) - cve-2020-26422: quic dissector crash (bsc#1180232) - cve-2020-26418: kafka dissector memory leak (bsc#1179930) - cve-2020-26419: multiple dissector memory leaks (bsc#1179931) - cve-2020-26420: rtps dissector memory leak (bsc#1179932) - cve-2020-26421: usb hid dissector crash (bsc#1179933) - cve-2021-22173: fix usb hid dissector memory leak (bsc#1181598) - cve-2021-22174: fix usb hid dissector crash (bsc#1181599) libqt5-qtmultimedia and sbc are necessary dependencies.
Libvirt is needed to rebuild wireshark-plugin-libvirt.

Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Successful exploitation allows attacker to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest package which contains the patch. To install this SUSE Security, Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product. To install packages using the command line interface, use command "yum update". Refer to Suse security advisory: SUSE-SU-2021:2125-1 to address this issue and obtain further details.
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SUSE-SU-2021:2125-1 SUSE Enterprise Linux URL Logo lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-June/009067.html