Wireshark < 1.2.18 / 1.4.8 / 1.6.1 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55510

Synopsis

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

Description

The installed version of Wireshark is earlier than 1.2.18 / 1.4.8 / 1.6.1 and thus is potentially affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities:

- An error in the Lucent / Ascend file parser can be exploited by specially crafted packets to cause high CPU usage. (CVE-2011-2597)

- An error in the 'elem_cell_id_list' function of the ANSI MAP dissector can be exploited by a specially crafted MAP packet to cause a denial of service condition. (Issue #6044)

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.2.18 / 1.4.8 / 1.6.1 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-09.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-10.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-11.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55510

File Name: wireshark_1_2_18.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/5/2011

Updated: 3/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: SMB/Wireshark/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2597, CVE-2011-2698

BID: 48150, 48506, 49071

Secunia: 45086