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Wireshark 3.4.x < 3.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144643

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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 3.4.1. 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: 144643

File Name: macosx_wireshark_3_4_1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/30/2020

Updated: 1/31/2024

Supported Sensors: 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: installed_sw/Wireshark, Host/MacOSX/Version, Host/local_checks_enabled

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