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Wireshark 3.2.x < 3.2.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140756

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 3.2.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.2.7 advisory.

 - The MIME Multipart dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
 (CVE-2020-25863)

 - The TCP dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2020-25862)

 - The BLIP dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2020-25866)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 3.2.7 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-3.2.7.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-11

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-12

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-13

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140756

File Name: macosx_wireshark_3_2_7.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/24/2020

Updated: 2/20/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-25866

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/23/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-25862, CVE-2020-25863, CVE-2020-25866

IAVB: 2020-B-0059-S