Wireshark 3.6.x < 3.6.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 156388

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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 3.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.6.1 advisory.

- The RTMPT dissector could go into an infinite loop. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2021-4185)

- The BitTorrent DHT dissector could go into an infinite loop. 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-2021-4184)

- The pcapng file parser could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2021-4183)

- The RFC 7468 file parser could go into an infinite loop. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2021-4182)

- The Sysdig Event 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-2021-4181)

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 3.6.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 156388

File Name: wireshark_3_6_1.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/29/2021

Updated: 11/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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-2021-4190

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: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4181, CVE-2021-4182, CVE-2021-4183, CVE-2021-4184, CVE-2021-4185, CVE-2021-4190

IAVB: 2021-B-0072-S, 2022-B-0004-S

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