Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for NDS, PacketBB, WSP, MMSE, RLC, LDSS, RLC and OpenFlow, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u3.

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.

This update to wireshark 1.12.13 fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2016-6504: wireshark: NDS dissector crash     (bsc#991012)

  - CVE-2016-6505: wireshark: PacketBB dissector could     divide by zero (bsc#991013)

  - CVE-2016-6506: wireshark: WSP infinite loop (bsc#991015)

  - CVE-2016-6507: wireshark: MMSE infinite loop     (bsc#991016)

  - CVE-2016-6508: wireshark: RLC long loop (bsc#991017)

  - CVE-2016-6509: wireshark: LDSS dissector crash     (bsc#991018)

  - CVE-2016-6510: wireshark: RLC dissector crash     (bsc#991019)

  - CVE-2016-6511: wireshark: OpenFlow long loop (bnc991020)

  - CVE-2016-5350: SPOOLS infinite loop (bsc#983671)

  - CVE-2016-5351: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (bsc#983671)

  - CVE-2016-5352: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash, different     from wpna-sec-2016-30 (bsc#983671)

  - CVE-2016-5353: UMTS FP crash (bsc#983671)

  - CVE-2016-5354: USB dissector crash (bsc#983671)

  - CVE-2016-5355: Toshiba file parser crash (bsc#983671)

  - CVE-2016-5356: CoSine file parser crash (bsc#983671)

  - CVE-2016-5357: NetScreen file parser crash (bsc#983671)

  - CVE-2016-5358: Ethernet dissector crash (bsc#983671)

  - CVE-2016-5359: WBXML infinite loop (bsc#983671) For more     details please see:
    https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.1     2.html     https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.1     3.html

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.

Wireshark was updated to 1.12.13 to fix a number of minor security issues and bugs.

This release fixes a number issues in protocol dissectors that could have allowed a remote attacker to crash Wireshark or cause excessive CPU usage through specially crafted packages inserted into the network or a capture file.

  - CVE-2016-6504: NDS dissector crash (boo#991012)

  - CVE-2016-6505: PacketBB crash (boo#991013)

  - CVE-2016-6506: WSP infinite loop (boo#991015)

  - CVE-2016-6507: MMSE infinite loop (boo#991016)

  - CVE-2016-6508: RLC long loop (boo#991017)

  - CVE-2016-6509: LDSS dissector crash (boo#991018)

  - CVE-2016-6510: RLC dissector crash (boo#991019)

  - CVE-2016-6511: OpenFlow long loop (boo#991020)

This update also includes further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.13.html

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 1.12.x prior to 1.12.13. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the     dissect_nds_request() function in packet-ncp2222.inc due     to improper handling of packets. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially     crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause an     application crash. (CVE-2016-6504)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists due to a     divide-by-zero flaw in the dissect_pbb_tlvblock()     function in packet-packetbb.c. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially     crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause an     application crash. (CVE-2016-6505)

  - A flaw exists in the add_headers() function in     packet_wsp.c that is triggered when an offset of zero is     returned by the wkh_content_disposition() function. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause     an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service     condition. (CVE-2016-6506)

  - A flaw exists in the tvb_get_guintvar() function in     packet-mmse.c that is triggered during the handling of     an overly large length value. An unauthenticated, remote     attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted     packet or packet trace file, to cause an infinite loop,     resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2016-6507)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists due to an     incorrect integer data type used in the rlc_decode_li()     function in packet-rlc.c. An unauthenticated, remote     attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted     packet or packet trace file, to cause a long loop and     excessive CPU resource consumption, resulting in a     denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-6508)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the     dissect_ldss_transfer() function in packet-ldss.c that     is triggered when recreating a conversation that already     exists. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit     this, via a specially crafted packet or packet trace     file, to cause an application crash. (CVE-2016-6509)

  - An overflow condition exists in the rlc_decode_li()     function in packet-rlc.c due to improper validation of     user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or     packet trace file, to cause a stack-based buffer     overflow, resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2016-6510)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the     proto_tree_add_text_valist_internal() function in     proto.c due to improper handling of packets. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause     a long loop and excessive CPU resource consumption.
    (CVE-2016-6511)

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

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the CORBA     IDL dissector due to improper handling of packets. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause     an application crash. Note that this vulnerability only     affects 64-bit versions of Windows. (CVE-2016-6503)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists due to a     divide-by-zero flaw in the dissect_pbb_tlvblock()     function in packet-packetbb.c. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially     crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause an     application crash. (CVE-2016-6505)

  - A flaw exists in the add_headers() function in     packet_wsp.c that is triggered when an offset of zero is     returned by the wkh_content_disposition() function. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause     an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service     condition. (CVE-2016-6506)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists due to an     incorrect integer data type used in the rlc_decode_li()     function in packet-rlc.c. An unauthenticated, remote     attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted     packet or packet trace file, to cause a long loop and     excessive CPU resource consumption, resulting in a     denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-6508)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the     dissect_ldss_transfer() function in packet-ldss.c that     is triggered when recreating a conversation that already     exists. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit     this, via a specially crafted packet or packet trace     file, to cause an application crash. (CVE-2016-6509)

  - An overflow condition exists in the rlc_decode_li()     function in packet-rlc.c due to improper validation of     user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or     packet trace file, to cause a stack-based buffer     overflow, resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2016-6510)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the     proto_tree_add_text_valist_internal() function in     proto.c due to improper handling of packets. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause     a long loop and excessive CPU resource consumption.
    (CVE-2016-6511)

  - Multiple flaws exist in the MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP     dissectors due to improper handling of packets. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these     issues, via a specially crafted packet or packet trace     file, to cause an infinite loop, resulting in a denial     of service condition. (CVE-2016-6512)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the     parse_wbxml_tag_defined() function in packet-wbxml.c due     to improper handling of packets. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially     crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause an     application crash. (CVE-2016-6513)

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

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-wsp.c in the WSP 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 (infinite loop) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2016-6506)

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

Wireshark development team reports :

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :

- wnpa-sec-2016-41

PacketBB crash. (Bug 12577)

- wnpa-sec-2016-42

WSP infinite loop. (Bug 12594)

- wnpa-sec-2016-44

RLC long loop. (Bug 12660)

- wnpa-sec-2016-45

LDSS dissector crash. (Bug 12662)

- wnpa-sec-2016-46

RLC dissector crash. (Bug 12664)

- wnpa-sec-2016-47

OpenFlow long loop. (Bug 12659)

- wnpa-sec-2016-48

MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP infinite loop. (Bug 12661)

- wnpa-sec-2016-49

WBXML crash. (Bug 12663)

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors for NDS, PacketBB, WSP, MMSE, RLC, LDSS, RLC and OpenFlow, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

wireshark was updated to version 1.12.13 to fix the following issues :

  - CVE-2016-6504: wireshark: NDS dissector crash     (bnc#991012)

  - CVE-2016-6505: wireshark: PacketBB dissector could     divide by zero (bnc#991013)

  - CVE-2016-6506: wireshark: WSP infinite loop (bnc#991015)

  - CVE-2016-6507: wireshark: MMSE infinite loop     (bnc#991016)

  - CVE-2016-6508: wireshark: RLC long loop (bnc#991017)

  - CVE-2016-6509: wireshark: LDSS dissector crash     (bnc#991018)

  - CVE-2016-6510: wireshark: RLC dissector crash     (bnc#991019)

  - CVE-2016-6511: wireshark: OpenFlow long loop (bnc991020)

  - CVE-2016-5350: SPOOLS infinite loop (bsc#983671).

  - CVE-2016-5351: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash (bsc#983671).

  - CVE-2016-5352: IEEE 802.11 dissector crash, different     from wpna-sec-2016-30 (bsc#983671).

  - CVE-2016-5353: UMTS FP crash (bsc#983671).

  - CVE-2016-5354: USB dissector crash (bsc#983671).

  - CVE-2016-5355: Toshiba file parser crash (bsc#983671).

  - CVE-2016-5356: CoSine file parser crash (bsc#983671).

  - CVE-2016-5357: NetScreen file parser crash (bsc#983671).

  - CVE-2016-5358: Ethernet dissector crash (bsc#983671).

  - CVE-2016-5359: WBXML infinite loop (bsc#983671). For     more details please see:
    https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.1     2.html     https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.1     3.html

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
92969	Debian DLA-595-1 : wireshark security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	8/16/2016	1/11/2021	medium
93342	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2016:2212-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/6/2016	1/19/2021	high
92777	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2016-947)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	8/8/2016	1/19/2021	medium
92816	Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.13 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	8/9/2016	2/18/2025	high
92817	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.5 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	8/9/2016	2/18/2025	high
220036	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-6506	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	medium
92771	FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (610101ea-5b6a-11e6-b334-002590263bf5)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	8/8/2016	1/4/2021	medium
92958	Debian DSA-3648-1 : wireshark - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	8/15/2016	1/11/2021	medium
93863	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2016:2453-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/5/2016	1/6/2021	high

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