In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, the Profinet I/O dissector could loop excessively, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in plugins/profinet/packet-pn-rtc-one.c by rejecting input with too many I/O objects.

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.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

Wireshark project reports :

Wireshark project is releasing Wireshark 2.2.2, which addresses :

- wnpa-sec-2016-58: Profinet I/O long loop - CVE-2016-9372

- wnpa-sec-2016-59: AllJoyn crash - CVE-2016-9374

- wnpa-sec-2016-60: OpenFlow crash - CVE-2016-9376

- wnpa-sec-2016-61: DCERPC crash - CVE-2016-9373

- wnpa-sec-2016-62: DTN infinite loop - CVE-2016-9375

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.8 or 2.2.x prior to 2.2.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A flaw exists in the dissect_PNIO_C_SDU_RTC1() function     in packet-pn-rtc-one.c that causes excessive looping. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via     specially crafted network traffic or a specially crafted     capture file, to exhaust available resources. Note that     this vulnerability only affects 2.2.x versions.
    (CVE-2016-9372)

  - A use-after-free error exists in the DCEPRC dissector     due to improper handling of IA5 SMS decoding. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via     specially crafted network traffic or a specially crafted     capture file, to cause the application to crash.
    (CVE-2016-9373)

  - A buffer over-read flaw exists in the AllJoyn dissector     due to improper handling of signature lengths. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via     specially crafted network traffic or a specially crafted     capture file, to cause the application to crash.
    (CVE-2016-9374)

  - A flaw exists in the DTN dissector in the     display_metadata_block() function due to improper SDNV     evaluation. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can     exploit this, via specially crafted network traffic or a     specially crafted capture file, to cause an infinite     loop. (CVE-2016-9375)

  - Multiple flaws exist in the OpenFlow dissector in     packet-openflow_v5.c due to improper handling of too     short data lengths. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via specially crafted network traffic     or a specially crafted capture file, to cause the     application to crash. (CVE-2016-9376)

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

This update to wireshark 2.2.2 fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2016-9372: Profinet I/O long loop (boo#1010807)

  - CVE-2016-9374: AllJoyn crash (boo#1010752)

  - CVE-2016-9376: OpenFlow crash (boo#1010735)

  - CVE-2016-9373: DCERPC crash (boo#1010754)

  - CVE-2016-9375: DTN infinite loop (boo#1010740)

This update also contains urther bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.2.html

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
196731	RHEL 6 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
196709	RHEL 7 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
196702	RHEL 5 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
95451	FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (7fff2b16-b0ee-11e6-86b8-589cfc054129)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium
95435	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.8 / 2.2.x < 2.2.2 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	medium
95395	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2016-2923)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium

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