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Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.17 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 176372

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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 2.2.17. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.2.17 advisory.

 - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Bluetooth AVDTP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btavdtp.c by properly initializing a data structure.
 (CVE-2018-16058)

 - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Bluetooth Attribute Protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by verifying that a dissector for a specific UUID exists. (CVE-2018-16056)

 - In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.16, the Radiotap dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.c by validating iterator operations.
 (CVE-2018-16057)

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 2.2.17 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.17.html

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/14884

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-44

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/14994

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-45

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/15022

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-46

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176372

File Name: wireshark_2_2_17.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/25/2023

Updated: 5/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16058

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16056, CVE-2018-16057, CVE-2018-16058

IAVB: 2018-B-0120-S