Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.15 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 176397

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 1.4.15. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.4.15 advisory.

- The dissect_pft function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcp-etsi.c in the DCP ETSI dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a zero-length message. (CVE-2012-4285)

- Integer overflow in the dissect_xtp_ecntl function in epan/dissectors/packet-xtp.c in the XTP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop or application crash) via a large value for a span length. (CVE-2012-4288)

- epan/dissectors/packet-afp.c in the AFP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a large number of ACL entries. (CVE-2012-4289)

- Buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-rtps2.c in the RTPS2 dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2012-4296)

- The CIP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2012-4291)

- The dissect_stun_message function in epan/dissectors/packet-stun.c in the STUN dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly interact with key- destruction behavior in a certain tree library, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2012-4292)

- plugins/ethercat/packet-ecatmb.c in the EtherCAT Mailbox dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 does not properly handle certain integer fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application exit) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2012-4293)

- The CTDB dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed packet.
(CVE-2012-4290)

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 1.4.15 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.15.html

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7566

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-13

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7571

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-15

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7603

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-17

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7568

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-18

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7570

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-20

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7569

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-21

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7562

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-22

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7573

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-23

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176397

File Name: macosx_wireshark_1_4_15.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 5/25/2023

Updated: 12/14/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4296

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4293

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4285, CVE-2012-4288, CVE-2012-4289, CVE-2012-4290, CVE-2012-4291, CVE-2012-4292, CVE-2012-4293, CVE-2012-4296

IAVB: 2012-B-0078-S