In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to CVE-2017-9343.

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.

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.

Removing dependency on wireshark metapackage from wireshark-cli

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Added wireshark-qt to wireshark metapackage

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  - New version 2.4.5

  - Contains fixes for CVE-2018-7419, CVE-2018-7418,     CVE-2018-7417, CVE-2018-7420, CVE-2018-7320,     CVE-2018-7336, CVE-2018-7337, CVE-2018-7334,     CVE-2018-7335, CVE-2018-6836, CVE-2018-5335,     CVE-2018-5334, CVE-2017-6014, CVE-2017-9616,     CVE-2017-9617, CVE-2017-9766

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

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues: Security issue fixed (bsc#1082692) :

  - CVE-2018-7335: The IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash     (wnpa-sec-2018-05)

  - CVE-2018-7321: thrift long dissector loop     (dissect_thrift_map)

  - CVE-2018-7322: DICOM: inifinite loop (dissect_dcm_tag)

  - CVE-2018-7323: WCCP: very long loop     (dissect_wccp2_alternate_mask_value_set_element)

  - CVE-2018-7324: SCCP: infinite loop     (dissect_sccp_optional_parameters)

  - CVE-2018-7325: RPKI-Router Protocol: infinite loop     (dissect_rpkirtr_pdu)

  - CVE-2018-7326: LLTD: infinite loop (dissect_lltd_tlv)

  - CVE-2018-7327: openflow_v6: infinite loop     (dissect_openflow_bundle_control_v6)

  - CVE-2018-7328: USB-DARWIN: long loop     (dissect_darwin_usb_iso_transfer)

  - CVE-2018-7329: S7COMM: infinite loop     (s7comm_decode_ud_cpu_alarm_main)

  - CVE-2018-7330: thread_meshcop: infinite loop     (get_chancount)

  - CVE-2018-7331: GTP: infinite loop     (dissect_gprscdr_GGSNPDPRecord, dissect_ber_set)

  - CVE-2018-7332: RELOAD: infinite loop (dissect_statans)

  - CVE-2018-7333: RPCoRDMA: infinite loop in     get_write_list_chunk_count

  - CVE-2018-7421: Multiple dissectors could go into large     infinite loops (wnpa-sec-2018-06)

  - CVE-2018-7334: The UMTS MAC dissector could crash     (wnpa-sec-2018-07)

  - CVE-2018-7337: The DOCSIS dissector could crash     (wnpa-sec-2018-08)

  - CVE-2018-7336: The FCP dissector could crash     (wnpa-sec-2018-09)

  - CVE-2018-7320: The SIGCOMP dissector could crash     (wnpa-sec-2018-10)

  - CVE-2018-7420: The pcapng file parser could crash     (wnpa-sec-2018-11)

  - CVE-2018-7417: The IPMI dissector could crash     (wnpa-sec-2018-12)

  - CVE-2018-7418: The SIGCOMP dissector could crash     (wnpa-sec-2018-13)

  - CVE-2018-7419: The NBAP disssector could crash     (wnpa-sec-2018-14)

  - CVE-2017-17997: Misuse of NULL pointer in MRDISC     dissector (bsc#1077080).

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.

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

  - In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector     misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed     in epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an     IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to     CVE-2017-9343.(CVE-2017-17997)

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.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.2.x prior to 2.2.12 or 2.4.x prior to 2.4.4. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote MacOS/MacOSX host is 2.2.x prior to 2.2.12 or 2.4.x prior to 2.4.4. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.12 fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2018-5334: IxVeriWave file could crash (boo#1075737)

  - CVE-2018-5335: WCP dissector could crash (boo#1075738)

  - CVE-2018-5336: Multiple dissector crashes (boo#1075739)

  - CVE-2017-17997: MRDISC dissector could crash     (boo#1074171)

This release no longers enable the Linux kernel BPF JIT compiler via the net.core.bpf_jit_enable sysctl, as this would make systems more vulnerable to Spectre variant 1 CVE-2017-5753 - (boo#1075748)

Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.12.html

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
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
121193	Debian DLA-1634-1 : wireshark security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
120757	Fedora 28 : 1:wireshark (2018-bfdad62cd6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
108831	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0867-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
108674	Fedora 27 : 1:wireshark (2018-cdf3f8e8b0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
108654	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0811-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
106770	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2018-1042)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
106769	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2018-1041)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	high
106142	Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.12 / 2.4.x < 2.4.4 DoS Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
106141	Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.12 / 2.4.x < 2.4.4 DoS Vulnerabilities (MacOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
106061	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2018-32) (Spectre)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high

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