Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.9 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

low Nessus Plugin ID 60117

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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 1.6.9. This version is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An error exists in the 'PPP' dissector that can cause the application to crash when reading a malformed packet from either the wire or from a capture file.
(CVE-2012-4048)

- An error exists in the 'NFS' dissector that can cause the application to consume excessive CPU resources when reading a malformed packet from either the wire or from a capture file. (CVE-2012-4049)

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.6.9 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 60117

File Name: wireshark_1_6_9.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/25/2012

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: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4048

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: SMB/Wireshark/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/22/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4048, CVE-2012-4049

BID: 54649

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