Wireshark 3.6.x < 3.6.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 169999

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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 3.6.10. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.6.10 advisory.

- Infinite loops in the BPv6, OpenFlow, and Kafka protocol dissectors in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4345)

- Memory exhaustion in the Kafka protocol dissector in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.1 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.9 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-4344)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 3.6.10 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 169999

File Name: macosx_wireshark_3_6_10.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 1/12/2023

Updated: 9/7/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4345

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4344, CVE-2022-4345

IAVB: 2023-B-0004-S

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