Wireshark 3.2.x < 3.2.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142422

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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 3.2.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.2.8 advisory.

- Injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file can cause the GQUIC protocol dissector to crash.

- Injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file can cause the FBZERO protocol dissector to crash.
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 3.2.8, 3.4.0, or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142422

File Name: macosx_wireshark_3_4_0.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2020

Updated: 1/7/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Score from an in depth analysis done by tenable

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2020

Reference Information

IAVB: 2020-B-0065-S

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