The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.15. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the IrCOMM and MSDP dissectors. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

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

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.11 fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-13767: The MSDP dissector could have gone into     an infinite loop. This was addressed by adding length     validation (bsc#1056248)

  - CVE-2017-13766: The Profinet I/O dissector could have     crash with an out-of-bounds write. This was addressed by     adding string validation (bsc#1056249)

  - CVE-2017-13765: The IrCOMM dissector had a buffer     over-read and application crash. This was addressed by     adding length validation (bsc#1056251)

  - CVE-2017-9766: PROFINET IO data with a high recursion     depth allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (stack exhaustion) in the dissect_IODWriteReq     function (bsc#1045341)

  - CVE-2017-9617: Deeply nested DAAP data may have cause     stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the     dissect_daap_one_tag function in the DAAP dissector     (bsc#1044417)

  - CVE-2017-15192: The BT ATT dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by     considering a case where not all of the BTATT packets     have the same encapsulation level. (bsc#1062645)

  - CVE-2017-15193: The MBIM dissector could crash or     exhaust system memory. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-mbim.c by changing the     memory-allocation approach. (bsc#1062645)

  - CVE-2017-15191: The DMP dissector could crash. This was     addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dmp.c by validating     a string length. (bsc#1062645)

  - CVE-2017-17083: 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. (bsc#1070727)

  - CVE-2017-17084: IWARP_MPA dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-iwarp-mpa.c by     validating a ULPDU length. (bsc#1070727)

  - CVE-2017-17085: the CIP Safety dissector could crash.
    This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cipsafety.c     by validating the packet length. (bsc#1070727)

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 2.2.x prior to 2.2.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the IrCOMM, Profinet I/O, and MSDP dissectors. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

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 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 update for wireshark to version 2.2.9 fixes the following issues :

Minor vulnerabilities that could be used to trigger dissector crashes, infinite loops, or cause excessive use of memory resources by making Wireshark read specially crafted packages from the network or a capture file :

  - CVE-2017-13767: MSDP dissector infinite loop     (boo#1056248)

  - CVE-2017-13766: Profinet I/O buffer overrun     (boo#1056249)

  - CVE-2017-13765: IrCOMM dissector buffer overrun     (boo#1056251)

  - Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed     in:
    https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.9.
    html

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.9 fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-13767: The MSDP dissector could have gone into     an infinite loop. This was addressed by adding length     validation (bsc#1056248).

  - CVE-2017-13766: The Profinet I/O dissector could have     crash with an out-of-bounds write. This was addressed by     adding string validation (bsc#1056249).

  - CVE-2017-13765: The IrCOMM dissector had a buffer     over-read and application crash. This was addressed by     adding length validation (bsc#1056251).

  - CVE-2017-9766: PROFINET IO data with a high recursion     depth allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (stack exhaustion) in the dissect_IODWriteReq     function (bsc#1045341).

  - CVE-2017-9617: Deeply nested DAAP data may have cause     stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the     dissect_daap_one_tag function in the DAAP dissector     (bsc#1044417).

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 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.

New version 2.4.2, fixes CVE-2017-15189, CVE-2017-15190, CVE-2017-15191, CVE-2017-15192, CVE-2017-15193, CVE-2017-13764, CVE-2017-13765, CVE-2017-13766, CVE-2017-13767

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
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 2.4.x prior to 2.4.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the Modbus, IrCOMM, Profinet I/O, and MSDP dissectors. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

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

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.

Several issues in wireshark, a tool that captures and analyzes packets off the wire, have been found by different people. These are basically issues with length checks or invalid memory access in different dissectors. This could result in infinite loops or crashes by malicious packets.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u16.

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
102919	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.15 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	9/1/2017	8/7/2018	high
105720	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0054-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/10/2018	1/19/2021	high
102920	Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.9 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	9/1/2017	8/7/2018	high
199531	RHEL 6 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	10/23/2024	critical
102948	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2017-995)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/5/2017	1/19/2021	high
103455	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2017:2555-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/25/2017	1/6/2021	high
199503	RHEL 7 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	10/23/2024	critical
105941	Fedora 27 : 1:wireshark (2017-9fd430dba0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/15/2018	1/6/2021	high
102921	Wireshark 2.4.x < 2.4.1 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	9/1/2017	8/7/2018	high
131579	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	12/4/2019	4/8/2024	high
121193	Debian DLA-1634-1 : wireshark security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	1/16/2019	6/26/2024	high
196731	RHEL 6 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/31/2024	critical

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