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Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.11 Multiple DoS (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 90784

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Synopsis

The remote Mac OS X host has an application installed that is affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Mac OS X host is 1.12.x prior to 1.12.11. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the following components :

 - GSM CBCH dissector
 - IAX2 dissector
 - IEEE 802.11 dissector
 - NCP dissector
 - PKTC dissector

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.12.11 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.11.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90784

File Name: macosx_wireshark_1_12_11.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 4/29/2016

Updated: 2/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4085

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: manual

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/22/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/24/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4006, CVE-2016-4078, CVE-2016-4079, CVE-2016-4080, CVE-2016-4081, CVE-2016-4082, CVE-2016-4085