The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.0.9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-4.0.9 advisory.

  - RTPS dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.16 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-5371)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4083-1 advisory.

  - RTPS dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.16 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-5371)

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

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 3.6.17. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.6.17 advisory.

  - RTPS dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.16 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-5371)

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

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.0.9. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-4.0.9 advisory.

  - RTPS dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.16 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-5371)

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

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2023-405 advisory.

    RTPS dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.16 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-5371)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product security advisory.

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

The remote Fedora 39 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-b72131479b advisory.

    New version 4.0.12. Includes fixes for CVE-2023-5371, CVE-2023-6174, CVE-2023-6175, CVE-2024-0208.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3165-1 advisory.

    wireshark was updated from version 3.6.23 to version 4.2.6 (jsc#PED-8517):

    - Security issues fixed with this update:

      * CVE-2024-0207: HTTP3 dissector crash (bsc#1218503)
      * CVE-2024-0210: Zigbee TLV dissector crash (bsc#1218506)
      * CVE-2024-0211: DOCSIS dissector crash (bsc#1218507)
      * CVE-2023-6174: Fixed SSH dissector crash (bsc#1217247)
      * CVE-2023-6175: NetScreen file parser crash (bsc#1217272)
      * CVE-2023-5371: RTPS dissector memory leak (bsc#1215959)
      * CVE-2023-3649: iSCSI dissector crash (bsc#1213318)
      * CVE-2023-2854: BLF file parser crash (bsc#1211708)
      * CVE-2023-0666: RTPS dissector crash (bsc#1211709)
      * CVE-2023-0414: EAP dissector crash (bsc#1207666)

    - Major changes introduced with versions 4.2.0 and 4.0.0:

      * Version 4.2.0 https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.0.html
      * Version 4.0.0 https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.0.html

    - Added an aditional desktopfile to start wireshark which asks for       the super user password.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

An update of the wireshark package has been released.

The remote Fedora 38 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-fdc7dfb959 advisory.

    New version 4.0.12. Includes fixes for CVE-2023-5371, CVE-2023-6174, CVE-2023-6175, CVE-2024-0208.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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 prior to 3.6.17. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.6.17 advisory.

  - RTPS dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.16 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-5371)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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.

  - RTPS dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.16 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-5371)

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202402-09 (Wireshark: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

  - RTPS dissector memory leak in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.8 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.16 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-5371)

  - SSH dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.10 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted     capture file (CVE-2023-6174)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
182526	Wireshark 4.0.x < 4.0.9 A Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	10/4/2023	12/1/2023	medium
183208	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2023:4083-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	10/17/2023	12/1/2023	medium
182525	Wireshark 3.6.x < 3.6.17 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	10/4/2023	12/1/2023	medium
182527	Wireshark 4.0.x < 4.0.9 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	10/4/2023	12/1/2023	medium
184417	Amazon Linux 2023 : wireshark-cli, wireshark-devel (ALAS2023-2023-405)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	11/4/2023	12/17/2024	medium
190384	Fedora 39 : wireshark (2024-b72131479b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	2/10/2024	11/15/2024	high
206878	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2024:3165-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/10/2024	9/11/2024	high
203592	Photon OS 5.0: Wireshark PHSA-2023-5.0-0114	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/23/2024	7/24/2024	medium
204063	Photon OS 3.0: Wireshark PHSA-2023-3.0-0668	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	7/25/2024	medium
190389	Fedora 38 : wireshark (2024-fdc7dfb959)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	2/11/2024	11/18/2024	high
203627	Photon OS 4.0: Wireshark PHSA-2023-4.0-0488	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/23/2024	7/24/2024	medium
182524	Wireshark 3.6.x < 3.6.17 A Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	10/4/2023	12/1/2023	medium
225946	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-5371	Nessus	Misc.	3/5/2025	3/5/2025	medium
189979	GLSA-202402-09 : Wireshark: Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	2/4/2024	2/5/2024	medium

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