Wireshark 1.10.x < 1.10.13 / 1.12.x < 1.12.4 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 81672

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Wireshark installed remote Windows host is 1.10.x prior to 1.10.13, or 1.12.x prior to 1.12.4. It is, therefore, affected by denial of service vulnerabilities in the following items :

- ATN-CPDLC dissector (CVE-2015-2187)
- WCP dissector (CVE-2015-2188)
- pcapng file parser (CVE-2015-2189)
- LLDP dissector (CVE-2015-2190)
- TNEF dissector (CVE-2015-2191)
- SCSI OSD dissector (CVE-2015-2192)

A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause Wireshark to crash or consume excessive CPU resources, either by injecting a specially crafted packet onto the wire or by convincing a user to read a malformed packet trace or PCAP file.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.12.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 81672

File Name: wireshark_1_12_4.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/6/2015

Updated: 3/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-2192

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/4/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/4/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2187, CVE-2015-2188, CVE-2015-2189, CVE-2015-2190, CVE-2015-2191, CVE-2015-2192

BID: 72937, 72938, 72940, 72941, 72942

Detections

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