Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for PKTC, IAX2, GSM CBCH and NCP which could result in denial of service.

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-2015-8714 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-2015-8716 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-2015-8720 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-2015-8723 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 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-2015-8729 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-2015-8733 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.

CVE-2016-2523 The dnp3_al_process_object function in epan/dissectors/packet-dnp.c in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4006 epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not limit the protocol-tree depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4078 The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c.

CVE-2016-4079 epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c in the PKTC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not verify BER identifiers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4080 epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c in the PKTC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 misparses timestamp fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4081 epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c in the IAX2 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4085 Stack-based buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string in a packet.

Impact

If Wireshark is launched manually by a user with Advanced Shell ( bash ) access, dissection of specially crafted packets could cause Wireshark to consume excessive resources. Wireshark is not part of normal BIG-IP operation; only users who actively run Wireshark are vulnerable.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows 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

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - GSM CBCH dissector
  - IAX2 dissector
  - IEEE 802.11 dissector
  - MS-WSP dissector
  - NCP dissector
  - PKTC dissector
  - TShark

Wireshark development team reports :

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :

- wnpa-sec-2016-19

The NCP dissector could crash. (Bug 11591)

- wnpa-sec-2016-20

TShark could crash due to a packet reassembly bug. (Bug 11799)

- wnpa-sec-2016-21

The IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash. (Bug 11824, Bug 12187)

- wnpa-sec-2016-22

The PKTC dissector could crash. (Bug 12206)

- wnpa-sec-2016-23

The PKTC dissector could crash. (Bug 12242)

- wnpa-sec-2016-24

The IAX2 dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 12260)

- wnpa-sec-2016-25

Wireshark and TShark could exhaust the stack. (Bug 12268)

- wnpa-sec-2016-26

The GSM CBCH dissector could crash. (Bug 12278)

- wnpa-sec-2016-27

MS-WSP dissector crash. (Bug 12341)

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Mac OS X host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - GSM CBCH dissector
  - IAX2 dissector
  - IEEE 802.11 dissector
  - MS-WSP dissector
  - NCP dissector
  - PKTC dissector
  - TShark

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c in the IAX2 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before     2.0.3 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (infinite loop) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2016-4081)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

According to the versions of the wireshark packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - Wireshark is a network traffic analyzer for Unix-ish     operating systems.This package lays base for libpcap, a     packet capture and filtering library, contains     command-line utilities, contains plugins and     documentation for wireshark. A graphical user interface     is packaged separately to GTK+ package.Security     Fix(es):In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7,     and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15, dissectors that support zlib     decompression could crash. This was addressed in     epan/tvbuff_zlib.c by rejecting negative lengths to     avoid a buffer over-read.(CVE-2018-14340)In Wireshark     2.6.0 to 2.6.1, 2.4.0 to 2.4.7, and 2.2.0 to 2.2.15,     the DICOM dissector could go into a large or infinite     loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by preventing an offset     overflow.(CVE-2018-14341)In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3     and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB     dissectors could crash. This was addressed in     epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion     depth.(CVE-2018-5336)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.12 and     2.4.0 to 2.4.4, the SIGCOMP dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-sigcomp.c by     correcting the extraction of the length     value.(CVE-2018-7418)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6, the     ROS dissector could crash with a NULL pointer     dereference. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/asn1/ros/packet-ros-template.c by     validating an OID.(CVE-2017-9347)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to     2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DICOM dissector has an     infinite loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c by validating a length     value.(CVE-2017-9349)In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.4 and     2.4.0 to 2.4.10, the MMSE dissector could go into an     infinite loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c by preventing length     overflows.(CVE-2018-19622)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-2015-8714)In Wireshark 2.4.0, 2.2.0 to     2.2.8, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.14, the IrCOMM dissector has a     buffer over-read and application crash. This was     addressed in plugins/irda/packet-ircomm.c by adding     length validation.(CVE-2017-13765)In Wireshark 2.4.0 to     2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could     crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write     operations are bounded by the beginning of a     buffer.(CVE-2017-17083)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-2015-8712)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-2015-8713)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.5 and     2.0.0 to 2.0.11, the IMAP dissector could crash,     triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture     file. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-imap.c by calculating a line's     end correctly.(CVE-2017-7703)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to     2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the DNS dissector could go     into an infinite loop. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c by trying to detect     self-referencing pointers.(CVE-2017-9345)In Wireshark     2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the Bazaar     dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was     addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bzr.c by ensuring     that backwards parsing cannot occur.(CVE-2017-9352)In     Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.2, 2.4.0 to 2.4.8, and 2.2.0 to     2.2.16, the Radiotap dissector could crash. This was     addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211-radiotap-iter.c by     validating iterator     operations.(CVE-2018-16057)epan/dissectors/packet-catap     ult-dct2000.c in the Catapult DCT2000 dissector in     Wireshark 2.x before 2.0.6 does not restrict the number     of channels, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (buffer over-read and application     crash) via a crafted packet.(CVE-2016-7177)Stack-based     buffer overflow in     epan/dissectors/packet-catapult-dct2000.c in the     Catapult DCT2000 dissector in Wireshark 2.x before     2.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-7179)In Wireshark 2.2.0, the NCP     dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or     a malformed capture file. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/CMakeLists.txt by registering this     dissector.(CVE-2016-7958)In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1     and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DTN dissector could go into an     infinite loop, triggered by network traffic or a     capture file. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-dtn.c by checking whether SDNV     evaluation was     successful.(CVE-2016-9375)epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.
    c in the WBXML dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.12 mishandles offsets, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (integer     overflow and infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-5359)epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c     in the PacketBB dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5 allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and     application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6505)epan/dissectors/packet-mmse.c in     the MMSE dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6507)epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in     the RLC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13     and 2.x before 2.0.5 uses an incorrect integer data     type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (large loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6508)Off-by-one error in     epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c in the RLC dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.x before 2.0.5     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via     a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-6510)epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c in     the IAX2 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11     and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 uses an incorrect integer data     type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-4081)Stack-based buffer overflow in     epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector     in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (application     crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a     long string in a     packet.(CVE-2016-4085)epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spo     olss.c in the SPOOLS component in Wireshark 1.12.x     before 1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles     unexpected offsets, which allows remote attackers to     cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-5350)epan/dissectors/packet-umts_fp.c     in the UMTS FP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before     1.12.12 and 2.x before 2.0.4 mishandles the reserved     C/T value, which allows remote attackers to cause a     denial of service (application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-5353)Off-by-one error in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a     crafted packet that triggers a 0xff tag value, a     different vulnerability than     CVE-2016-2530.(CVE-2016-2531)The     dissect_llrp_parameters function in     epan/dissectors/packet-llrp.c in the LLRP dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2     does not limit the recursion depth, which allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (memory     consumption or application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-2532)epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x     before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not limit     the protocol-tree depth, which allows remote attackers     to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption     and application crash) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-4006)epan/reassemble.c in TShark in     Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.3 relies on incorrect     special-case handling of truncated Tvb data structures,     which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (use-after-free and application crash) via a     crafted packet.(CVE-2016-4077)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 packet.(CVE-2015-8723)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-2015-8729)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-2015-8731)The     dissct_rsl_ipaccess_msg function in     epan/dissectors/packet-rsl.c in the RSL dissector in     Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2     mishandles the case of an unrecognized TLV type, which     allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service     (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a     crafted packet, a different vulnerability than     CVE-2016-2531.(CVE-2016-2530)The dnp3_al_process_object     function in epan/dissectors/packet-dnp.c in the DNP3     dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x     before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial     of service (infinite loop) via a crafted     packet.(CVE-2016-2523)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-2015-8716)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-2015-8717)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-2015-8718)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-2015-8719)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-2015-8721)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS 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 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

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for PKTC, IAX2, GSM CBCH and NCP which could result in denial of service.

This update also fixes many older less important issues by updating the package to the version found in Debian 8 also known as Jessie.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
91288	Debian DSA-3585-1 : wireshark - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	5/23/2016	1/11/2021	medium
91838	F5 Networks BIG-IP : Multiple Wireshark (tshark) vulnerabilities (K01837042)	Nessus	F5 Networks Local Security Checks	6/27/2016	1/4/2019	medium
90786	Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.11 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	4/29/2016	2/18/2025	high
90787	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.3 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	4/29/2016	2/18/2025	high
90846	FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (7e36c369-10c0-11e6-94fa-002590263bf5)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	5/3/2016	1/4/2021	medium
90785	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.3 Multiple DoS (Mac OS X)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	4/29/2016	2/18/2025	high
219548	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-4081	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	medium
131579	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/4/2019	4/8/2024	high
90784	Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.11 Multiple DoS (Mac OS X)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	4/29/2016	2/18/2025	high
91395	Debian DLA-497-1 : wireshark security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	6/1/2016	1/11/2021	medium

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