The fragment_add_work function in epan/reassemble.c in the packet-reassembly feature in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.5 does not properly determine the defragmentation state in a case of an insufficient snapshot length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a crafted packet.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 4.05, has wireshark packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A flaw was found in X11 dissector of wireshark of which     an attacker could make wireshark consume excessive CPU     resources which could make system unresponsive by     injecting specially crafted packet onto the wire or by     convincing wireshark user to read malformed packet trace     file. (CVE-2015-3812)

  - A flaw was found in WCP dissector of wireshark of which     an attacker could crash wireshark by injecting a     specially crafted packet onto the wire or by convincing     wireshark user to read malformed packet trace file.
    (CVE-2015-3811)

  - A flaw was found in the way packet reassembly code of     wireshark would parse a packet which could leak memory.
    An attacker could use this flaw to crash wireshark by     sending a specially crafted packet onto the wire or by     convincing wireshark user to read malformed packet trace     file. (CVE-2015-3813)

  - A flaw was found in GMR (Geo-Mobile Radio) 1 BCCH     protocol dissector of wireshark which an attacker can     trigger a denial of service attack and crash wireshark     by sending a specially crafted packet onto the wire or     by convincing wireshark user to read malformed packet     trace file. (CVE-2013-4075)

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

Security Fix(es) :

  - Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark.
    Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a     malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious     dump file. (CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813,     CVE-2013-4075)

Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2017:0631 :

An update for wireshark is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.

Security Fix(es) :

* Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2013-4075)

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

An update for wireshark is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.

Security Fix(es) :

* Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2013-4075)

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-2188, CVE-2015-2189, CVE-2015-2191, CVE-2015-3810, CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2014-8710, CVE-2014-8711, CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713, CVE-2014-8714, CVE-2015-0562, CVE-2015-0563, CVE-2015-0564, CVE-2015-3182, CVE-2015-6243, CVE-2015-6244, CVE-2015-6245, CVE-2015-6246, CVE-2015-6248)

The wireshark packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.10.14, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.

This update also fixes the following bug :

  - Prior to this update, when using the tshark utility to     capture packets over the interface, tshark failed to     create output files in the .pcap format even if it was     specified using the '-F' option. This bug has been     fixed, the '-F' option is now honored, and the result     saved in the .pcap format as expected.

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement :

  - Previously, wireshark included only microseconds in the     .pcapng format. With this update, wireshark supports     nanosecond time stamp precision to allow for more     accurate time stamps.

All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.

Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-2188, CVE-2015-2189, CVE-2015-2191, CVE-2015-3810, CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2014-8710, CVE-2014-8711, CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713, CVE-2014-8714, CVE-2015-0562, CVE-2015-0563, CVE-2015-0564, CVE-2015-3182, CVE-2015-6243, CVE-2015-6244, CVE-2015-6245, CVE-2015-6246, CVE-2015-6248)

The CVE-2015-3182 issue was discovered by Martin Zember of Red Hat.

The wireshark packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.10.14, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1238676)

This update also fixes the following bug :

* Prior to this update, when using the tshark utility to capture packets over the interface, tshark failed to create output files in the .pcap format even if it was specified using the '-F' option. This bug has been fixed, the '-F' option is now honored, and the result saved in the .pcap format as expected. (BZ#1227199)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement :

* Previously, wireshark included only microseconds in the .pcapng format. With this update, wireshark supports nanosecond time stamp precision to allow for more accurate time stamps. (BZ#1213339)

All wireshark users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues and add these enhancements. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2015:2393 :

Updated wireshark packages that fix multiple security issues, several bugs, and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

The wireshark packages contain a network protocol analyzer used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.

Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2015-2188, CVE-2015-2189, CVE-2015-2191, CVE-2015-3810, CVE-2015-3811, CVE-2015-3812, CVE-2015-3813, CVE-2014-8710, CVE-2014-8711, CVE-2014-8712, CVE-2014-8713, CVE-2014-8714, CVE-2015-0562, CVE-2015-0563, CVE-2015-0564, CVE-2015-3182, CVE-2015-6243, CVE-2015-6244, CVE-2015-6245, CVE-2015-6246, CVE-2015-6248)

The CVE-2015-3182 issue was discovered by Martin Zember of Red Hat.

The wireshark packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.10.14, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#1238676)

This update also fixes the following bug :

* Prior to this update, when using the tshark utility to capture packets over the interface, tshark failed to create output files in the .pcap format even if it was specified using the '-F' option. This bug has been fixed, the '-F' option is now honored, and the result saved in the .pcap format as expected. (BZ#1227199)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement :

* Previously, wireshark included only microseconds in the .pcapng format. With this update, wireshark supports nanosecond time stamp precision to allow for more accurate time stamps. (BZ#1213339)

All wireshark users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues and add these enhancements. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201510-03 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could possibly cause a Denial of Service condition.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Wireshark has been updated to 1.12.7. (FATE#319388)

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :

  - Wireshark could crash when adding an item to the     protocol tree. wnpa-sec-2015-21 CVE-2015-6241

  - Wireshark could attempt to free invalid memory.
    wnpa-sec-2015-22 CVE-2015-6242

  - Wireshark could crash when searching for a protocol     dissector. wnpa-sec-2015-23 CVE-2015-6243

  - The ZigBee dissector could crash. wnpa-sec-2015-24     CVE-2015-6244

  - The GSM RLC/MAC dissector could go into an infinite     loop. wnpa-sec-2015-25 CVE-2015-6245

  - The WaveAgent dissector could crash. wnpa-sec-2015-26     CVE-2015-6246

  - The OpenFlow dissector could go into an infinite loop.
    wnpa-sec-2015-27 CVE-2015-6247

  - Wireshark could crash due to invalid ptvcursor length     checking. wnpa-sec-2015-28 CVE-2015-6248

  - The WCCP dissector could crash. wnpa-sec-2015-29     CVE-2015-6249

  - Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed     in:
    https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.7     .html

Also a fix from 1.12.6 in GSM DTAP was backported. (bnc#935158)

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 has been updated to 1.12.7. (FATE#319388)

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :

  - Wireshark could crash when adding an item to the     protocol tree. wnpa-sec-2015-21 CVE-2015-6241

  - Wireshark could attempt to free invalid memory.
    wnpa-sec-2015-22 CVE-2015-6242

  - Wireshark could crash when searching for a protocol     dissector. wnpa-sec-2015-23 CVE-2015-6243

  - The ZigBee dissector could crash. wnpa-sec-2015-24     CVE-2015-6244

  - The GSM RLC/MAC dissector could go into an infinite     loop. wnpa-sec-2015-25 CVE-2015-6245

  - The WaveAgent dissector could crash. wnpa-sec-2015-26     CVE-2015-6246

  - The OpenFlow dissector could go into an infinite loop.
    wnpa-sec-2015-27 CVE-2015-6247

  - Wireshark could crash due to invalid ptvcursor length     checking. wnpa-sec-2015-28 CVE-2015-6248

  - The WCCP dissector could crash. wnpa-sec-2015-29     CVE-2015-6249

  - Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed     in:
    https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.7     .html

Also a fix from 1.12.6 in GSM DTAP was backported. (bnc#935158 CVE-2015-4652)

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 1.10.14 to fix four security issues.

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :

  - CVE-2015-3811: The WCP dissector could crash while     decompressing data. (wnpa-sec-2015-14)

  - CVE-2015-3812: The X11 dissector could leak memory.
    (wnpa-sec-2015-15)

  - CVE-2015-3813: The packet reassembly code could leak     memory. (wnpa-sec-2015-16)

  - CVE-2015-3814: The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into     an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2015-17)

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.

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for LBMR, web sockets, WCP, X11, IEEE 802.11 and Android Logcat, which could result in denial of service.

Wireshark development team reports :

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed.

- wnpa-sec-2015-12

The LBMR dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 11036) CVE-2015-3808, CVE-2015-3809

- wnpa-sec-2015-13

The WebSocket dissector could recurse excessively. (Bug 10989) CVE-2015-3810

- wnpa-sec-2015-14

The WCP dissector could crash while decompressing data. (Bug 10978) CVE-2015-3811

- wnpa-sec-2015-15

The X11 dissector could leak memory. (Bug 11088) CVE-2015-3812

- wnpa-sec-2015-16

The packet reassembly code could leak memory. (Bug 11129) CVE-2015-3813

- wnpa-sec-2015-17

The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 11110) CVE-2015-3814

- wnpa-sec-2015-18

The Android Logcat file parser could crash. Discovered by Hanno Bock.
(Bug 11188) CVE-2015-3815

Wireshark was updated to 1.12.5 to fix security issues and bugs.

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :

  - CVE-2015-3808, CVE-2015-3809: The LBMR dissector could     go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2015-12)

  - CVE-2015-3810: The WebSocket dissector could recurse     excessively. (wnpa-sec-2015-13)

  - CVE-2015-3811: The WCP dissector could crash while     decompressing data. (wnpa-sec-2015-14)

  - CVE-2015-3812: The X11 dissector could leak memory.
    (wnpa-sec-2015-15)

  - CVE-2015-3813: The packet reassembly code could leak     memory. (wnpa-sec-2015-16)

  - CVE-2015-3814: The IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into     an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2015-17)

  - CVE-2015-3815: The Android Logcat file parser could     crash. (wnpa-sec-2015-18)

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 1.10.x prior to 1.10.14, or 1.12.x prior to 1.12.5. It is, therefore, affected by various denial of service vulnerabilities in the following items :

  - LBMR dissector (CVE-2015-3808, CVE-2015-3809)

  - WebSocket dissector (CVE-2015-3810)

  - WCP dissector (CVE-2015-3811)

  - X11 dissector (CVE-2015-3812)

  - Packet reassembly code (CVE-2015-3813)

  - IEEE 802.11 dissector (CVE-2015-3814)

  - Android Logcat file parser (CVE-2015-3815,     CVE-2015-3906)

A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities to cause Wireshark to crash or consume excessive CPU resources, either by injecting a specially crafted packet onto the wire or by convincing a user to read a malformed packet trace or PCAP file.

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	Severity
127333	NewStart CGSL MAIN 4.05 : wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2019-0103)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	high
99228	Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20170321)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	high
99186	Amazon Linux AMI : wireshark (ALAS-2017-813)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
99066	Oracle Linux 6 : wireshark (ELSA-2017-0631)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	high
97954	CentOS 6 : wireshark (CESA-2017:0631)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	high
97877	RHEL 6 : wireshark (RHSA-2017:0631)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
87578	Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL7.x x86_64 (20151119)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	medium
87156	CentOS 7 : wireshark (CESA-2015:2393)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	medium
87038	Oracle Linux 7 : wireshark (ELSA-2015-2393)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	medium
86988	RHEL 7 : wireshark (RHSA-2015:2393)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	medium
86688	GLSA-201510-03 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	medium
86347	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2015:1713-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
86289	SUSE SLED11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2015:1676-2)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
86288	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2015:1676-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
84191	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2015:1046-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
83960	Debian DSA-3277-1 : wireshark - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
83902	FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (a13500d0-0570-11e5-aab1-d050996490d0)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	high
83805	openSUSE Security Update : Wireshark (openSUSE-2015-379)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
83488	Wireshark 1.10.x < 1.10.14 / 1.12.x < 1.12.5 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high

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