Wireshark 1.10.x < 1.10.14 / 1.12.x < 1.12.5 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 83488

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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 on the remote Windows host is 1.10.x prior to 1.10.14, or 1.12.x prior to 1.12.5. It is, therefore, affected by various denial of service vulnerabilities in the following items :

- LBMR dissector (CVE-2015-3808, CVE-2015-3809)

- WebSocket dissector (CVE-2015-3810)

- WCP dissector (CVE-2015-3811)

- X11 dissector (CVE-2015-3812)

- Packet reassembly code (CVE-2015-3813)

- IEEE 802.11 dissector (CVE-2015-3814)

- Android Logcat file parser (CVE-2015-3815, CVE-2015-3906)

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 1.10.14 / 1.12.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83488

File Name: wireshark_1_12_5.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/15/2015

Updated: 3/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/12/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/11/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3808, CVE-2015-3809, CVE-2015-3810, CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2015-3814, CVE-2015-3815, CVE-2015-3906

BID: 74628, 74629, 74630, 74631, 74632, 74633, 74635, 74637, 74837

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