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Wireshark / Ethereal < 1.0.14 / 1.2.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 46864

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Wireshark or Ethereal is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

- The SMB dissector can be affected by a NULL pointer dereference. (Bug 4734)

 - The ANS.1 BER dissector can be affected by a buffer overflow.

 - The SMB PIPE dissector can be affected by a NULL pointer dereference on some platforms.

 - The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine can be affected by an infinite loop or a buffer overflow.
 (Bug 4826, 4837)

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.0.14 / 1.2.9 or later.

See Also

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-05.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-06.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 46864

File Name: wireshark_1_2_9.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/11/2010

Updated: 3/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: SMB/Wireshark/Installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2010

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2283, CVE-2010-2284, CVE-2010-2285, CVE-2010-2286, CVE-2010-2287

BID: 40728, 42618

Secunia: 40112