Detections
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Wireshark 1.10.x < 1.10.9 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 76992
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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 version 1.10.x prior to 1.10.9.It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :
- A buffer underflow flaw exists in the 'dissect_log' function of the IrDA dissector, which is triggered when handling malformed packets. Using a specially crafted packet, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service by crashing the application. (CVE-2014-5161)
- A buffer underflow flaw exists in the 'read_new_line' function of the DCT2000 dissector, which is triggered when handling malformed packets. Using a specially crafted packet, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service by crashing the application. (CVE-2014-5162)
- An APN decode flaw exists in the GTP and GSM Management dissectors, which is triggered when handling malformed packets. Using a specially crafted packet, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service by crashing the application. (CVE-2014-5163)
- An initialization flaw exists in the 'rlc_decode_li' function of the RLC dissector, which is triggered when handling malformed packets. Using a specially crafted packet, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service by crashing the application. (CVE-2014-5164)
- A padding validation flaw exists within the ASN.1 BER dissector, which is triggered when handling malformed packets. Using a specially crafted packet, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service by crashing the application. (CVE-2014-5165)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.10.9 or later.See Also
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-08.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-09.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-10.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-11.html
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.9.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 76992
File Name: wireshark_1_10_9.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 8/4/2014
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: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/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: 7/31/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/31/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-5161, CVE-2014-5162, CVE-2014-5163, CVE-2014-5164, CVE-2014-5165