Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.6 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 84398

Synopsis

The remote Windows host has an application installed that is affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 1.12.x prior to 1.12.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

- An unspecified flaw exists in the WCCP dissector. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw, by injecting a specially crafted packet or by convincing a user to open a malformed PCAP file, to crash the application.
(CVE-2015-4651)

- An unspecified flaw exists in the GSM DTAP dissector. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw, by injecting a specially crafted packet or by convincing a user to open a malformed PCAP file, to crash the application.
(CVE-2015-4652)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.12.6 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-19.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-20.html

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.6.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 84398

File Name: wireshark_1_12_6.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/25/2015

Updated: 3/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/17/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/17/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-4651, CVE-2015-4652

BID: 75316, 80230