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Wireshark 4.4.x < 4.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 208656

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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 4.4.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.4.1 advisory.

 - ITS dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-9780)

 - AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.7 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-9781)

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 4.4.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.4.1.html

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20026

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-12

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20114

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-13

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 208656

File Name: macosx_wireshark_4_4_1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/9/2024

Updated: 10/18/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9781

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9780

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: 10/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9780, CVE-2024-9781

IAVB: 2024-B-0153