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Wireshark 3.4.x < 3.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144642

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 3.4.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.4.1 advisory.

 - Memory leak in Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26418)

 - Crash in USB HID protocol dissector and possibly other dissectors in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26421)

 - Memory leak in RTPS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.4.0 and 3.2.0 to 3.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26420)

 - Memory leak in the dissection engine in Wireshark 3.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file. (CVE-2020-26419)

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 3.4.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-3.4.1.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-16

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-17

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-18

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2020-19

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144642

File Name: wireshark_3_4_1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/30/2020

Updated: 1/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

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-2020-26421

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-26418, CVE-2020-26419, CVE-2020-26420, CVE-2020-26421

IAVB: 2021-B-0001-S