In Wireshark 2.0.0 to 2.0.13, the GPRS LLC dissector could go into a large loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-gprs-llc.c by using a different integer data type.

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.

Several issues in wireshark, a tool that captures and analyzes packets off the wire, have been found by different people. These are basically issues with length checks or invalid memory access in different dissectors. This could result in infinite loops or crashes by malicious packets.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u16.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

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

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.14 or 2.2.x prior to 2.2.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DAAP     dissector, specifically in the dissect_daap_one_tag()     function within file epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     exhaust stack resources through uncontrolled recursion.
    (CVE-2017-9617)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the DOCSIS     dissector, specifically in the dissect_docsis() function     within file plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to consume     available CPU resources, resulting in a denial of     service condition. (CVE-2017-11406)

  - A memory allocation issue exists in the MQ dissector,     specifically in the reassemble_mq() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-mq.c, due to improper validation     of fragment lengths before attempting reassembly. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause a     denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-11407)

  - A flaw exists in the AMQP dissector, specifically in     the get_amqp_1_0_value_formatter() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-amqp.c, when decoding lists.
    An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this,     via a specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause     a stack overflow, resulting in a denial of service     condition. (CVE-2017-11408)

  - A large loop condition exists in the GPRS LLC dissector,     specifically in the llc_gprs_dissect_xid() function     within file epan/dissectors/packet-gprs-llc.c, when     handling specially crafted packet or trace files. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     cause a denial of service condition. Note that this     issue only applies to version 2.0.x. (CVE-2017-11409)

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 macOS or Mac OS X host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.14 or 2.2.x prior to 2.2.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DAAP     dissector, specifically in the dissect_daap_one_tag()     function within file epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     exhaust stack resources through uncontrolled recursion.
    (CVE-2017-9617)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the DOCSIS     dissector, specifically in the dissect_docsis() function     within file plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to consume     available CPU resources, resulting in a denial of     service condition. (CVE-2017-11406)

  - A memory allocation issue exists in the MQ dissector,     specifically in the reassemble_mq() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-mq.c, due to improper validation     of fragment lengths before attempting reassembly. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause a     denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-11407)

  - A flaw exists in the AMQP dissector, specifically in     the get_amqp_1_0_value_formatter() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-amqp.c, when decoding lists.
    An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this,     via a specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause     a stack overflow, resulting in a denial of service     condition. (CVE-2017-11408)

  - A large loop condition exists in the GPRS LLC dissector,     specifically in the llc_gprs_dissect_xid() function     within file epan/dissectors/packet-gprs-llc.c, when     handling specially crafted packet or trace files. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     cause a denial of service condition. Note that this     issue only applies to version 2.0.x. (CVE-2017-11409)

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
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
121193	Debian DLA-1634-1 : wireshark security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
101898	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.14 / 2.2.x < 2.2.8 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	high
101897	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.14 / 2.2.x < 2.2.8 Multiple DoS (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

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