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Wireshark 4.0.x < 4.0.17 A Vulnerability (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 206285

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.0.17. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-4.0.17 advisory.

 - NTLMSSP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.6 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.16 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-8250)

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 4.0.17 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.17.html

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19943

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 206285

File Name: macosx_wireshark_4_0_17.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 8/28/2024

Updated: 10/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-8250

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/28/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/28/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-8250

IAVB: 2024-B-0126-S