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

This update for wireshark fixes minor vulnerabilities that could be used to trigger dissector crashes, infinite loops, or cause excessive use of CPU resources by making Wireshark read specially crafted packages from the network or a capture file :

  - CVE-2017-9352: Bazaar dissector infinite loop     (boo#1042304)

  - CVE-2017-9348: DOF dissector read overflow (boo#1042303)

  - CVE-2017-9351: DHCP dissector read overflow     (boo#1042302)

  - CVE-2017-9346: SoulSeek dissector infinite loop     (boo#1042301)

  - CVE-2017-9345: DNS dissector infinite loop (boo#1042300)

  - CVE-2017-9349: DICOM dissector infinite loop     (boo#1042305)

  - CVE-2017-9350: openSAFETY dissector memory exhaustion     (boo#1042299)

  - CVE-2017-9344: BT L2CAP dissector divide by zero     (boo#1042298)

  - CVE-2017-9343: MSNIP dissector crash (boo#1042309)

  - CVE-2017-9347: ROS dissector crash (boo#1042308)

  - CVE-2017-9354: RGMP dissector crash (boo#1042307)

  - CVE-2017-9353: IPv6 dissector crash (boo#1042306)

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.

The network debugging tool wireshark was updated to version 2.2.7 to fix the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-9352: Bazaar dissector infinite loop     (wnpa-sec-2017-22) (bsc#1042304)

  - CVE-2017-9348: DOF dissector read overflow     (wnpa-sec-2017-23) (bsc#1042303)

  - CVE-2017-9351: DHCP dissector read overflow     (wnpa-sec-2017-24) (bsc#1042302)

  - CVE-2017-9346: SoulSeek dissector infinite loop     (wnpa-sec-2017-25) (bsc#1042301)

  - CVE-2017-9345: DNS dissector infinite loop     (wnpa-sec-2017-26) (bsc#1042300)

  - CVE-2017-9349: DICOM dissector infinite loop     (wnpa-sec-2017-27) (bsc#1042305)

  - CVE-2017-9350: openSAFETY dissector memory exh..
    (wnpa-sec-2017-28) (bsc#1042299)

  - CVE-2017-9344: BT L2CAP dissector divide by zero     (wnpa-sec-2017-29) (bsc#1042298)

  - CVE-2017-9343: MSNIP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-30)     (bsc#1042309)

  - CVE-2017-9347: ROS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-31)     (bsc#1042308)

  - CVE-2017-9354: RGMP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-32)     (bsc#1042307)

  - CVE-2017-9353: wireshark: IPv6 dissector crash     (wnpa-sec-2017-33) (bsc#1042306)

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 macOS or Mac OS X host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.13 or 2.2.x prior to 2.2.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the     dissect_msnip() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-msnip.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 denial     of service condition. (CVE-2017-9343)

  - A divide-by-zero error exists in the     dissect_connparamrequest() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-btl2cap.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 denial     of service condition. (CVE-2017-9344)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the     expand_dns_name() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c when handling packets or     packet trace files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or     packet trace file, to consume excessive CPU resources,     resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2017-9345)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the     dissect_slsk_pdu() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-slsk.c when handling packets or     packet trace files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or     packet trace file, to consume excessive CPU resources,     resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2017-9346)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the     ros_try_string() function within file     epan/dissectors/asn1/ros/packet-ros-template.c due to     improper validation of user-supplied input passed as an     OID string. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can     exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or packet     trace file, to cause a denial of service condition. This     issue only affects version 2.2.x. (CVE-2017-9347)

  - An out-of-bounds read error exists in the     OALMarshal_UncompressValue() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-dof.c when handling Distributed     Object Framework (DOF) packets. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially     crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause a denial     of service condition. This issue only affects version     2.2.x. (CVE-2017-9348)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the     dissect_dcm_pdu_data() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c when handling packets or     packet trace files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or     packet trace file, to consume excessive CPU resources,     resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2017-9349)

  - A memory allocation issue exists in the     dissect_opensafety_ssdo_message() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.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 denial     of service condition. (CVE-2017-9350)

  - An out-of-bounds read error exists in the bootp_option()     function within file epan/dissectors/packet-bootp.c when     handling vendor class identifier strings in bootp     packets 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 denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2017-9351)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the     get_bzr_pdu_len() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-bzr.c when handling packets or     packet trace files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or     packet trace file, to consume excessive CPU resources,     resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2017-9352)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the     dissect_routing6_rpl() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-ipv6.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 denial of     service condition. This issue only affects version     2.2.x. (CVE-2017-9353)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the     dissect_rgmp() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-rgmp.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 denial of     service condition. (CVE-2017-9354)

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 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.

This update to Wireshark 2.2.8 fixes some minor vulnerabilities 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-2017-7702,CVE-2017-11410: WBMXL dissector infinite     loop (wnpa-sec-2017-13)

  - CVE-2017-9350,CVE-2017-11411: openSAFETY dissector     memory exhaustion (wnpa-sec-2017-28)

  - CVE-2017-11408: AMQP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-34)

  - CVE-2017-11407: MQ dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-35)

  - CVE-2017-11406: DOCSIS infinite loop (wnpa-sec-2017-36)

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.13 or 2.2.x prior to 2.2.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the     dissect_msnip() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-msnip.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 denial     of service condition. (CVE-2017-9343)

  - A divide-by-zero error exists in the     dissect_connparamrequest() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-btl2cap.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 denial     of service condition. (CVE-2017-9344)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the     expand_dns_name() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-dns.c when handling packets or     packet trace files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or     packet trace file, to consume excessive CPU resources,     resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2017-9345)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the     dissect_slsk_pdu() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-slsk.c when handling packets or     packet trace files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or     packet trace file, to consume excessive CPU resources,     resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2017-9346)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the     ros_try_string() function within file     epan/dissectors/asn1/ros/packet-ros-template.c due to     improper validation of user-supplied input passed as an     OID string. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can     exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or packet     trace file, to cause a denial of service condition. This     issue only affects version 2.2.x. (CVE-2017-9347)

  - An out-of-bounds read error exists in the     OALMarshal_UncompressValue() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-dof.c when handling Distributed     Object Framework (DOF) packets. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially     crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause a denial     of service condition. This issue only affects version     2.2.x. (CVE-2017-9348)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the     dissect_dcm_pdu_data() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-dcm.c when handling packets or     packet trace files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or     packet trace file, to consume excessive CPU resources,     resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2017-9349)

  - A memory allocation issue exists in the     dissect_opensafety_ssdo_message() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.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 denial     of service condition. (CVE-2017-9350)

  - An out-of-bounds read error exists in the bootp_option()     function within file epan/dissectors/packet-bootp.c when     handling vendor class identifier strings in bootp     packets 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 denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2017-9351)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the     get_bzr_pdu_len() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-bzr.c when handling packets or     packet trace files. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or     packet trace file, to consume excessive CPU resources,     resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2017-9352)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the     dissect_routing6_rpl() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-ipv6.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 denial of     service condition. This issue only affects version     2.2.x. (CVE-2017-9353)

  - A NULL pointer dereference flaw exists in the     dissect_rgmp() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-rgmp.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 denial of     service condition. (CVE-2017-9354)

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

The network analysis tool wireshark was updated to version 2.0.13 to fix the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-9352: Bazaar dissector infinite loop     (wnpa-sec-2017-22) (bsc#1042304)

  - CVE-2017-9348: DOF dissector read overflow     (wnpa-sec-2017-23) (bsc#1042303)

  - CVE-2017-9351: DHCP dissector read overflow     (wnpa-sec-2017-24) (bsc#1042302)

  - CVE-2017-9346: SoulSeek dissector infinite loop     (wnpa-sec-2017-25) (bsc#1042301)

  - CVE-2017-9345: DNS dissector infinite loop     (wnpa-sec-2017-26) (bsc#1042300)

  - CVE-2017-9349: DICOM dissector infinite loop     (wnpa-sec-2017-27) (bsc#1042305)

  - CVE-2017-9350: openSAFETY dissector memory exh..
    (wnpa-sec-2017-28) (bsc#1042299)

  - CVE-2017-9344: BT L2CAP dissector divide by zero     (wnpa-sec-2017-29) (bsc#1042298)

  - CVE-2017-9343: MSNIP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-30)     (bsc#1042309)

  - CVE-2017-9347: ROS dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-31)     (bsc#1042308)

  - CVE-2017-9354: RGMP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2017-32)     (bsc#1042307)

  - CVE-2017-9353: wireshark: IPv6 dissector crash     (wnpa-sec-2017-33) (bsc#1042306)

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
196731	RHEL 6 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/31/2024	critical
100752	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2017-674)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/13/2017	1/19/2021	high
199531	RHEL 6 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	10/23/2024	critical
101042	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2017:1663-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/26/2017	1/6/2021	high
100670	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.13 / 2.2.x < 2.2.7 Multiple DoS (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	6/7/2017	7/14/2018	high
199503	RHEL 7 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	6/3/2024	10/23/2024	critical
101970	openSUSE Security Update : Wireshark (openSUSE-2017-840)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	7/26/2017	1/19/2021	high
100671	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.13 / 2.2.x < 2.2.7 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	6/7/2017	8/7/2018	high
101043	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2017:1664-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/26/2017	1/19/2021	high
196709	RHEL 7 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability) (deprecated)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	5/11/2024	5/31/2024	critical

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