Buffer overflow in the tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet with zlib compression.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - wireshark: free operation on an uninitialized memory address in wiretap/netmon.c (CVE-2018-6836)

  - Multiple integer overflows in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 allow remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors related to the (1) BACapp and (2) Bluetooth HCI     dissectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2392. (CVE-2012-3825)

  - The decompress_sigcomp_message function in epan/sigcomp-udvm.c in the SigComp UDVM dissector in Wireshark     1.10.x before 1.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2014-8710)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - wireshark: free operation on an uninitialized memory address in wiretap/netmon.c (CVE-2018-6836)

  - The dissector-table implementation in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles table     searches for empty strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)     via a crafted packet, related to the (1) dissector_get_string_handle and (2)     dissector_get_default_string_handle functions. (CVE-2015-6243)

  - The dissect_zbee_secure function in epan/dissectors/packet-zbee-security.c in the ZigBee dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 improperly relies on length fields contained in packet data, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2015-6244)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - wireshark: free operation on an uninitialized memory address in wiretap/netmon.c (CVE-2018-6836)

  - The srtp_add_address function in epan/dissectors/packet-rtp.c in the RTP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x     before 1.10.7 does not properly update SRTP conversation data, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2014-2907)

  - The dissect_frame function in epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c in the frame metadissector in Wireshark     1.10.x before 1.10.8 interprets a negative integer as a length value even though it was intended to     represent an error condition, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2014-4020)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

According to the versions of the wireshark packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer for Unix-ish     operating systems.This package lays base for libpcap, a     packet capture and filtering library, contains     command-line utilities, contains plugins and     documentation for wireshark. A graphical user interface     is packaged separately to GTK+ package.Security     Fix(es):In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7,     and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, dissectors that support zlib     decompression could crash. This was addressed in     epan/tvbuff_zlib.c by rejecting negative lengths to     avoid a buffer over-read.(CVE-2018-14340)In Wireshark     2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15,     the DICOM dissector could go into a large or infinite     loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by preventing an offset     overflow.(CVE-2018-14341)In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3     and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB     dissectors could crash. This was addressed in     epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion     depth.(CVE-2018-5336)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and     2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by     correcting the extraction of the length     value.(CVE-2018-7418)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the     ROS dissector could crash with a NULL pointer     dereference. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/asn1/ros/packet-ros-template.c by     validating an OID.(CVE-2017-9347)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to     2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DICOM dissector has an     infinite loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by validating a length     value.(CVE-2017-9349)In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and     2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the MMSE dissector could go into an     infinite loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c by preventing length     overflows.(CVE-2018-19622)The dissect_dcom_OBJREF     function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcom.c in the DCOM     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not     initialize a certain IPv4 data structure, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2015-8714)In Wireshark 2.4.0, 2.2.0 to     2.2.8, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.14, the IrCOMM dissector has a     buffer over-read and application crash. This was     addressed in plugins/irda/packet-ircomm.c by adding     length validation.(CVE-2017-13765)In Wireshark 2.4.0 to     2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could     crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write     operations are bounded by the beginning of a     buffer.(CVE-2017-17083)The dissect_hsdsch_channel_info     function in epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the     UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9     does not validate the number of PDUs, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2015-8712)epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c     in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.9 does not properly reserve memory for channel ID     mappings, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access and     application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2015-8713)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and     2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the IMAP dissector could crash,     triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture     file. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-imap.c by calculating a line's     end correctly.(CVE-2017-7703)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to     2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DNS dissector could go     into an infinite loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by trying to detect     self-referencing pointers.(CVE-2017-9345)In Wireshark     2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the Bazaar     dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was     addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bzr.c by ensuring     that backwards parsing cannot occur.(CVE-2017-9352)In     Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to     2.2.16, the Radiotap dissector could crash. This was     addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.c by     validating iterator     operations.(CVE-2018-16057)epan/dissectors/packet-catap     ult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in     Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not restrict the number     of channels, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (buffer over-read and application     crash) via a crafted packet.(CVE-2016-7177)Stack-based     buffer overflow in     epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the     Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before     2.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-7179)In Wireshark 2.2.0, the NCP     dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or     a malformed capture file. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/CMakeLists.txt by registering this     dissector.(CVE-2016-7958)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1     and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DTN dissector could go into an     infinite loop, triggered by network traffic or a     capture file. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dtn.c by checking whether SDNV     evaluation was     successful.(CVE-2016-9375)epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.
    c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.12 mishandles offsets, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (integer     overflow and infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-5359)epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c     in the PacketBB dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and     application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6505)epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c in     the MMSE dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6507)epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in     the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13     and 2.x before 2.0.5 uses an incorrect integer data     type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (large loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6508)Off-by-one error in     epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via     a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6510)epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c in     the IAX2 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11     and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 uses an incorrect integer data     type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-4081)Stack-based buffer overflow in     epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector     in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     long string in a     packet.(CVE-2016-4085)epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spo     olss.c in the SPOOLS component in Wireshark 1.12.x     before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles     unexpected offsets, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-5350)epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c     in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles the reserved     C/T value, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-5353)Off-by-one error in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a     crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a     different vulnerability than     CVE-2016-2530.(CVE-2016-2531)The     dissect_llrp_parameters function in     epan/dissectors/packet-llrp.c in the LLRP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2     does not limit the recursion depth, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption or application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-2532)epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x     before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not limit     the protocol-tree depth, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption     and application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-4006)epan/reassemble.c in TShark in     Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.3 relies on incorrect     special-case handling of truncated Tvb data structures,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (use-after-free and application crash) via a     crafted packet.(CVE-2016-4077)The AirPDcapPacketProcess     function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationship between     the total length and the capture length, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via     a crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8723)The ascend_seek     function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file     parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0'     character at the end of a date string, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a     crafted file.(CVE-2015-8729)The dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg     function in epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not reject unknown TLV types, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a     crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8731)The     dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg function in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2     mishandles the case of an unrecognized TLV type, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a     crafted packet, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2016-2531.(CVE-2016-2530)The dnp3_al_process_object     function in epan/dissectors/packet-dnp.c in the DNP3     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-2523)The init_t38_info_conv function     in epan/dissectors/packet-t38.c in the T.38 dissector     in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not ensure that     a conversation exists, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8716)The dissect_sdp function     in epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c in the SDP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not prevent use of     a negative media count, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8717)Double free vulnerability     in epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1,     when the 'Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM' option     is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2015-8718)The dissect_dns_answer function     in epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c in the DNS dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 mishandles the EDNS0     Client Subnet option, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.(CVE-2015-8719)Buffer overflow in the     tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted packet with zlib     compression.(CVE-2015-8721)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

CVE-2015-8711

epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate conversation data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8714 The dissect_dcom_OBJREF function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcom.c in the DCOM dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not initialize a certain IPv4 data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8716 The init_t38_info_conv function in epan/dissectors/packet-t38.c in the T.38 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not ensure that a conversation exists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8717 The dissect_sdp function in epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c in the SDP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not prevent use of a negative media count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8718 Double free vulnerability in epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1, when the 'Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM' option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8720 The dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 improperly checks an sscanf return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8721 Buffer overflow in the tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet with zlib compression.

CVE-2015-8723 The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationship between the total length and the capture length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8725 The dissect_diameter_base_framed_ipv6_prefix function in epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the IPv6 prefix length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8729 The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

CVE-2015-8730 epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the number of items, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read operation and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8733 The ngsniffer_process_record function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationships between record lengths and record header lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

CVE-2016-2523 The dnp3_al_process_object function in epan/dissectors/packet-dnp.c in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4006 epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not limit the protocol-tree depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4078 The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c.

CVE-2016-4079 epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c in the PKTC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not verify BER identifiers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4080 epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c in the PKTC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 misparses timestamp fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4081 epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c in the IAX2 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4085 Stack-based buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string in a packet.

Impact

If Wireshark is launched manually by a user with Advanced Shell ( bash ) access, dissection of specially crafted packets could cause Wireshark to consume excessive resources. Wireshark is not part of normal BIG-IP operation; only users who actively run Wireshark are vulnerable.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201604-05 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Remote attackers could cause Denial of Service and local attackers could       escalate privileges.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for Pcapng, NBAP, UMTS FP, DCOM, AllJoyn, T.38, SDP, NLM, DNS, BED, SCTP, 802.11, DIAMETER, VeriWave, RVSP, ANSi A, GSM A, Ascend, NBAP, ZigBee ZCL and Sniffer which could result in denial of service.

This update contains Wireshark 1.12.9 and fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2015-7830: pcapng file parser could crash while     copying an interface filter (bsc#950437)

  - CVE-2015-8711: epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate conversation data, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8712: The dissect_hsdsch_channel_info function     in epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not     validate the number of PDUs, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8713: epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the     UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does     not properly reserve memory for channel ID mappings,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds memory access and application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8714: The dissect_dcom_OBJREF function in     epan/dissectors/packet-dcom.c in the DCOM dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not initialize a     certain IPv4 data structure, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8715: epan/dissectors/packet-alljoyn.c in the     AllJoyn dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does     not check for empty arguments, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8716: The init_t38_info_conv function in     epan/dissectors/packet-t38.c in the T.38 dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not ensure that a     conversation exists, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8717: The dissect_sdp function in     epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c in the SDP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not prevent use of a     negative media count, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8718: Double free vulnerability in     epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1,     when the 'Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM' option is     enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8719: The dissect_dns_answer function in     epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c in the DNS dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 mishandles the EDNS0     Client Subnet option, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8720: The dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime function     in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     improperly checks an sscanf return value, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8721: Buffer overflow in the tvb_uncompress     function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in Wireshark 1.12.x     before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet with zlib compression.

  - CVE-2015-8722: epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c in the SCTP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the frame pointer, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8723: The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in     epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate the relationship between the total     length and the capture length, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based     buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted

  - CVE-2015-8724: The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey     function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key     length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8725: The     dissect_diameter_base_framed_ipv6_prefix function in     epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the IPv6 prefix length,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (stack-based buffer overflow and application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8726: wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser     in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate certain signature and Modulation and     Coding Scheme (MCS) data, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and     application crash) via a crafted file.

  - CVE-2015-8727: The dissect_rsvp_common function in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsvp.c in the RSVP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not properly maintain request-key data, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted     packet.

  - CVE-2015-8728: The Mobile Identity parser in (1)     epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector     and (2) epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_a_common.c in the GSM     A dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 improperly uses the     tvb_bcd_dig_to_wmem_packet_str function, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer     overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8729: The ascend_seek function in     wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the     end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and     application crash) via a crafted file.

  - CVE-2015-8730: epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the number of items,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (invalid read operation and application crash)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8731: The dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg function in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not reject unknown TLV types, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8732: The dissect_zcl_pwr_prof_pwrprofstatersp     function in epan/dissectors/packet-zbee-zcl-general.c in     the ZigBee ZCL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the     Total Profile Number field, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8733: The ngsniffer_process_record function in     wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the Sniffer file parser in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate the relationships between record     lengths and record header lengths, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted file.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Wireshark was updated to 1.12.9 to fix a number of crashes in protocol dissectors. [boo#960382]

  - CVE-2015-8711: epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate conversation data, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8712: The dissect_hsdsch_channel_info function     in epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not     validate the number of PDUs, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8713: epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the     UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does     not properly reserve memory for channel ID mappings,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds memory access and application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8714: The dissect_dcom_OBJREF function in     epan/dissectors/packet-dcom.c in the DCOM dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not initialize a     certain IPv4 data structure, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8715: epan/dissectors/packet-alljoyn.c in the     AllJoyn dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does     not check for empty arguments, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8716: The init_t38_info_conv function in     epan/dissectors/packet-t38.c in the T.38 dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not ensure that a     conversation exists, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8717: The dissect_sdp function in     epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c in the SDP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not prevent use of a     negative media count, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8718: Double free vulnerability in     epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1,     when the 'Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM' option is     enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8719: The dissect_dns_answer function in     epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c in the DNS dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 mishandles the EDNS0     Client Subnet option, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8720: The dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime function     in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     improperly checks an sscanf return value, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8721: Buffer overflow in the tvb_uncompress     function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in Wireshark 1.12.x     before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet with zlib compression.

  - CVE-2015-8722: epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c in the SCTP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the frame pointer, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8723: The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in     epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate the relationship between the total     length and the capture length, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based     buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted

  - CVE-2015-8724: The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey     function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key     length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8725: The     dissect_diameter_base_framed_ipv6_prefix function in     epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the IPv6 prefix length,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (stack-based buffer overflow and application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8726: wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser     in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate certain signature and Modulation and     Coding Scheme (MCS) data, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and     application crash) via a crafted file.

  - CVE-2015-8727: The dissect_rsvp_common function in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsvp.c in the RSVP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not properly maintain request-key data, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted     packet.

  - CVE-2015-8728: The Mobile Identity parser in (1)     epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector     and (2) epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_a_common.c in the GSM     A dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 improperly uses the     tvb_bcd_dig_to_wmem_packet_str function, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer     overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8729: The ascend_seek function in     wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the     end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and     application crash) via a crafted file.

  - CVE-2015-8730: epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the number of items,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (invalid read operation and application crash)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8731: The dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg function in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not reject unknown TLV types, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8732: The dissect_zcl_pwr_prof_pwrprofstatersp     function in epan/dissectors/packet-zbee-zcl-general.c in     the ZigBee ZCL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the     Total Profile Number field, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8733: The ngsniffer_process_record function in     wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the Sniffer file parser in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate the relationships between record     lengths and record header lengths, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted file.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - 802.11 dissector
  - ANSI A dissector
  - Ascend file parser
  - BER dissector
  - Bluetooth Attribute dissector
  - DIAMETER dissector
  - GSM A dissector
  - IPMI dissector
  - MP2T file parser
  - MS-WSP dissector
  - NBAP dissector
  - NLM dissector
  - NWP dissector
  - PPI dissector
  - RSL dissector
  - RSVP dissector
  - S7COMM dissector
  - SCTP dissector
  - Sniffer file parser
  - TDS dissector
  - VeriWave file parser
  - ZigBee ZCL dissector
  - zlib compression

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 1.12.x prior to 1.12.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - 802.11 dissector
  - AllJoyn dissector
  - ANSI A dissector
  - Ascend file parser
  - BER dissector
  - DCOM dissector
  - DIAMETER dissector
  - DNS dissector
  - GSM A dissector
  - NBAP dissector
  - NLM dissector
  - RSL dissector
  - RSVP dissector
  - SCTP dissector
  - SDP dissector
  - Sniffer file parser
  - T.38 dissector
  - UMTS FP dissector
  - VeriWave file parser
  - ZigBee ZCL dissector
  - zlib compression

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
199535	RHEL 5 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
199531	RHEL 6 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
199503	RHEL 7 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
131579	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
91838	F5 Networks BIG-IP : Multiple Wireshark (tshark) vulnerabilities (K01837042)	Nessus	F5 Networks Local Security Checks	medium
90744	GLSA-201604-05 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
89695	Debian DSA-3505-1 : wireshark - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	medium
87912	SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2016:0110-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
87911	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2016:0109-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
87833	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2016-12)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
87825	Wireshark 2.0.0 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	medium
87824	Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.9 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	medium

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