The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 1.12.x prior to 1.12.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - 802.11 dissector
  - AllJoyn dissector
  - ANSI A dissector
  - Ascend file parser
  - BER dissector
  - DCOM dissector
  - DIAMETER dissector
  - DNS dissector
  - GSM A dissector
  - NBAP dissector
  - NLM dissector
  - RSL dissector
  - RSVP dissector
  - SCTP dissector
  - SDP dissector
  - Sniffer file parser
  - T.38 dissector
  - UMTS FP dissector
  - VeriWave file parser
  - ZigBee ZCL dissector
  - zlib compression

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201604-05 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Remote attackers could cause Denial of Service and local attackers could       escalate privileges.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

This update contains Wireshark 1.12.9 and fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2015-7830: pcapng file parser could crash while     copying an interface filter (bsc#950437)

  - CVE-2015-8711: epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate conversation data, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8712: The dissect_hsdsch_channel_info function     in epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not     validate the number of PDUs, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8713: epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the     UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does     not properly reserve memory for channel ID mappings,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds memory access and application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8714: The dissect_dcom_OBJREF function in     epan/dissectors/packet-dcom.c in the DCOM dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not initialize a     certain IPv4 data structure, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8715: epan/dissectors/packet-alljoyn.c in the     AllJoyn dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does     not check for empty arguments, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8716: The init_t38_info_conv function in     epan/dissectors/packet-t38.c in the T.38 dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not ensure that a     conversation exists, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8717: The dissect_sdp function in     epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c in the SDP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not prevent use of a     negative media count, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8718: Double free vulnerability in     epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1,     when the 'Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM' option is     enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8719: The dissect_dns_answer function in     epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c in the DNS dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 mishandles the EDNS0     Client Subnet option, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8720: The dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime function     in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     improperly checks an sscanf return value, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8721: Buffer overflow in the tvb_uncompress     function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in Wireshark 1.12.x     before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet with zlib compression.

  - CVE-2015-8722: epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c in the SCTP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the frame pointer, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8723: The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in     epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate the relationship between the total     length and the capture length, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based     buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted

  - CVE-2015-8724: The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey     function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key     length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8725: The     dissect_diameter_base_framed_ipv6_prefix function in     epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the IPv6 prefix length,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (stack-based buffer overflow and application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8726: wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser     in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate certain signature and Modulation and     Coding Scheme (MCS) data, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and     application crash) via a crafted file.

  - CVE-2015-8727: The dissect_rsvp_common function in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsvp.c in the RSVP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not properly maintain request-key data, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted     packet.

  - CVE-2015-8728: The Mobile Identity parser in (1)     epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector     and (2) epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_a_common.c in the GSM     A dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 improperly uses the     tvb_bcd_dig_to_wmem_packet_str function, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer     overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8729: The ascend_seek function in     wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the     end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and     application crash) via a crafted file.

  - CVE-2015-8730: epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the number of items,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (invalid read operation and application crash)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8731: The dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg function in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not reject unknown TLV types, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8732: The dissect_zcl_pwr_prof_pwrprofstatersp     function in epan/dissectors/packet-zbee-zcl-general.c in     the ZigBee ZCL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the     Total Profile Number field, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8733: The ngsniffer_process_record function in     wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the Sniffer file parser in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate the relationships between record     lengths and record header lengths, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted file.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.0. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - 802.11 dissector
  - ANSI A dissector
  - Ascend file parser
  - BER dissector
  - Bluetooth Attribute dissector
  - DIAMETER dissector
  - GSM A dissector
  - IPMI dissector
  - MP2T file parser
  - MS-WSP dissector
  - NBAP dissector
  - NLM dissector
  - NWP dissector
  - PPI dissector
  - RSL dissector
  - RSVP dissector
  - S7COMM dissector
  - SCTP dissector
  - Sniffer file parser
  - TDS dissector
  - VeriWave file parser
  - ZigBee ZCL dissector
  - zlib compression

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

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - wireshark: free operation on an uninitialized memory address in wiretap/netmon.c (CVE-2018-6836)

  - Multiple integer overflows in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 allow remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors related to the (1) BACapp and (2) Bluetooth HCI     dissectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-2392. (CVE-2012-3825)

  - The decompress_sigcomp_message function in epan/sigcomp-udvm.c in the SigComp UDVM dissector in Wireshark     1.10.x before 1.10.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read and     application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2014-8710)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - wireshark: free operation on an uninitialized memory address in wiretap/netmon.c (CVE-2018-6836)

  - The dissector-table implementation in epan/packet.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 mishandles table     searches for empty strings, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash)     via a crafted packet, related to the (1) dissector_get_string_handle and (2)     dissector_get_default_string_handle functions. (CVE-2015-6243)

  - The dissect_zbee_secure function in epan/dissectors/packet-zbee-security.c in the ZigBee dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.7 improperly relies on length fields contained in packet data, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2015-6244)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

Wireshark was updated to 1.12.9 to fix a number of crashes in protocol dissectors. [boo#960382]

  - CVE-2015-8711: epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate conversation data, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8712: The dissect_hsdsch_channel_info function     in epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the UMTS FP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not     validate the number of PDUs, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8713: epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c in the     UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does     not properly reserve memory for channel ID mappings,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (out-of-bounds memory access and application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8714: The dissect_dcom_OBJREF function in     epan/dissectors/packet-dcom.c in the DCOM dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not initialize a     certain IPv4 data structure, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8715: epan/dissectors/packet-alljoyn.c in the     AllJoyn dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does     not check for empty arguments, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8716: The init_t38_info_conv function in     epan/dissectors/packet-t38.c in the T.38 dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not ensure that a     conversation exists, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8717: The dissect_sdp function in     epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c in the SDP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not prevent use of a     negative media count, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8718: Double free vulnerability in     epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1,     when the 'Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM' option is     enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8719: The dissect_dns_answer function in     epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c in the DNS dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 mishandles the EDNS0     Client Subnet option, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8720: The dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime function     in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     improperly checks an sscanf return value, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8721: Buffer overflow in the tvb_uncompress     function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in Wireshark 1.12.x     before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet with zlib compression.

  - CVE-2015-8722: epan/dissectors/packet-sctp.c in the SCTP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the frame pointer, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8723: The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in     epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate the relationship between the total     length and the capture length, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based     buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted

  - CVE-2015-8724: The AirPDcapDecryptWPABroadcastKey     function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not verify the WPA broadcast key     length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8725: The     dissect_diameter_base_framed_ipv6_prefix function in     epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the IPv6 prefix length,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (stack-based buffer overflow and application     crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8726: wiretap/vwr.c in the VeriWave file parser     in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate certain signature and Modulation and     Coding Scheme (MCS) data, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and     application crash) via a crafted file.

  - CVE-2015-8727: The dissect_rsvp_common function in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsvp.c in the RSVP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not properly maintain request-key data, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (use-after-free and application crash) via a crafted     packet.

  - CVE-2015-8728: The Mobile Identity parser in (1)     epan/dissectors/packet-ansi_a.c in the ANSI A dissector     and (2) epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_a_common.c in the GSM     A dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 improperly uses the     tvb_bcd_dig_to_wmem_packet_str function, which allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer     overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8729: The ascend_seek function in     wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the     end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and     application crash) via a crafted file.

  - CVE-2015-8730: epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.1 does not validate the number of items,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (invalid read operation and application crash)     via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8731: The dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg function in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not reject unknown TLV types, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8732: The dissect_zcl_pwr_prof_pwrprofstatersp     function in epan/dissectors/packet-zbee-zcl-general.c in     the ZigBee ZCL dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the     Total Profile Number field, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

  - CVE-2015-8733: The ngsniffer_process_record function in     wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the Sniffer file parser in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1     does not validate the relationships between record     lengths and record header lengths, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds     read and application crash) via a crafted file.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for Pcapng, NBAP, UMTS FP, DCOM, AllJoyn, T.38, SDP, NLM, DNS, BED, SCTP, 802.11, DIAMETER, VeriWave, RVSP, ANSi A, GSM A, Ascend, NBAP, ZigBee ZCL and Sniffer which could result in denial of service.

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities that have been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched.

  - wireshark: free operation on an uninitialized memory address in wiretap/netmon.c (CVE-2018-6836)

  - The srtp_add_address function in epan/dissectors/packet-rtp.c in the RTP dissector in Wireshark 1.10.x     before 1.10.7 does not properly update SRTP conversation data, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2014-2907)

  - The dissect_frame function in epan/dissectors/packet-frame.c in the frame metadissector in Wireshark     1.10.x before 1.10.8 interprets a negative integer as a length value even though it was intended to     represent an error condition, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2014-4020)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied on the package manager's report that the package is installed.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
87824	Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.9 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	1/8/2016	3/9/2023	medium
90744	GLSA-201604-05 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	4/27/2016	1/11/2021	high
87911	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2016:0109-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/14/2016	1/6/2021	medium
87825	Wireshark 2.0.0 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	1/8/2016	3/9/2023	medium
199535	RHEL 5 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	10/23/2024	critical
199531	RHEL 6 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	10/23/2024	critical
87833	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2016-12)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/11/2016	1/19/2021	medium
89695	Debian DSA-3505-1 : wireshark - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/7/2016	1/11/2021	medium
199503	RHEL 7 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	10/23/2024	critical
87912	SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2016:0110-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/14/2016	1/6/2021	medium

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