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Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.6 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 58518
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Wireshark is 1.6.x before 1.6.6. This version is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- An error exists in the pcap and pcap-ng parsers that can allow them to crash when reading 'ERF' data.
(Issue 6804)
- An error exists in the IEEE 802.11 dissector that can cause it to go into an infinite loop. (Issue 6809)
- An error exists in the 'ANSI A' dissector that can allow it to crash after dereferencing a NULL pointer.
(Issue 6823)
- An error exists in the 'MP2T' dissector that can allow it to allocate too much memory thus resulting in crashes. (Issue 6833)
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.6.6 or later.See Also
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-05.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-06.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-07.html
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.6.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 58518
File Name: wireshark_1_6_6.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 3/28/2012
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: 3.4
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 Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-1593, CVE-2012-1594, CVE-2012-1595, CVE-2012-1596