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.

This plugin has been deprecated as it does not adhere to established standards for this style of check.

Wireshark development team reports :

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :

- wnpa-sec-2016-02

ASN.1 BER dissector crash. (Bug 11828) CVE-2016-2522

- wnpa-sec-2016-03

DNP dissector infinite loop. (Bug 11938) CVE-2016-2523

- wnpa-sec-2016-04

X.509AF dissector crash. (Bug 12002) CVE-2016-2524

- wnpa-sec-2016-05

HTTP/2 dissector crash. (Bug 12077) CVE-2016-2525

- wnpa-sec-2016-06

HiQnet dissector crash. (Bug 11983) CVE-2016-2526

- wnpa-sec-2016-07

3GPP TS 32.423 Trace file parser crash. (Bug 11982)

CVE-2016-2527

- wnpa-sec-2016-08

LBMC dissector crash. (Bug 11984) CVE-2016-2528

- wnpa-sec-2016-09

iSeries file parser crash. (Bug 11985) CVE-2016-2529

- wnpa-sec-2016-10

RSL dissector crash. (Bug 11829) CVE-2016-2530 CVE-2016-2531

- wnpa-sec-2016-11

LLRP dissector crash. (Bug 12048) CVE-2016-2532

- wnpa-sec-2016-12

Ixia IxVeriWave file parser crash. (Bug 11795)

- wnpa-sec-2016-13

IEEE 802.11 dissector crash. (Bug 11818)

- wnpa-sec-2016-14

GSM A-bis OML dissector crash. (Bug 11825)

- wnpa-sec-2016-15

ASN.1 BER dissector crash. (Bug 12106)

- wnpa-sec-2016-16

SPICE dissector large loop. (Bug 12151)

- wnpa-sec-2016-17

NFS dissector crash.

- wnpa-sec-2016-18

ASN.1 BER dissector crash. (Bug 11822)

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.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities in the following components, which can result in a memory disclosure, a denial of service, or the execution of arbitrary code :

  - 3GPP TS 32.423 Trace file parser
  - ASN.1 BER dissector
  - DNP dissector
  - GSM A-bis OML dissector
  - HiQnet dissector
  - HTTP/2 dissector
  - IEEE 802.11 dissector
  - iSeries file parser
  - Ixia IxVeriWave file parser
  - LBMC dissector
  - LLRP dissector
  - NFS dissector
  - RSL dissector
  - SPICE dissector
  - X.509AF dissector

Additionally, a flaw related to how dynamic-link library (DLL) files are located and loaded exists in the ui/qt/wireshark_application.cpp file due to the application using a DLL search path that may include directories that are not trusted or under the user's control. A local attacker can exploit this issue, via a crafted DLL file injected into the search path, to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

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

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for DNP, RSL, LLRP, GSM A-bis OML, ASN 1 BER which could result in denial of service.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
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
196702	RHEL 5 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/31/2024	critical
196709	RHEL 7 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/31/2024	critical
89048	FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (45117749-df55-11e5-b2bd-002590263bf5)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	3/1/2016	1/4/2021	medium
199503	RHEL 7 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	10/23/2024	critical
89104	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	3/3/2016	3/9/2023	high
89878	Debian DSA-3516-1 : wireshark - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/14/2016	1/11/2021	medium
196731	RHEL 6 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/31/2024	critical

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