Wireshark 3.6.x < 3.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 158991

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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 3.6.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.6.2 advisory.

- Infinite loop in RTMPT protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0586)

- Large loops in multiple protocol dissectors in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allow denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0585)

- Crash in the PVFS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0583)

- Unaligned access in the CSN.1 protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0582)

- Crash in the CMS protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.1 and 3.4.0 to 3.4.11 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-0581)

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 3.6.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 158991

File Name: macosx_wireshark_3_6_2.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 3/16/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-0582

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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: 2/10/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/10/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-0581, CVE-2022-0582, CVE-2022-0583, CVE-2022-0585, CVE-2022-0586

IAVB: 2022-B-0006-S

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