FiveCo RAP dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.4.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.4.9 advisory.

  - SSH dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.8 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-9817)

  - Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2025-5601)

  - Bundle Protocol and CBOR dissector crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.3 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.10 allows denial     of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2025-1492)

  - FiveCo RAP dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service     via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-11595)

  - ECMP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-11596)

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 macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.4.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.4.9 advisory.

  - SSH dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.8 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-9817)

  - Column handling crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.6 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.12 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2025-5601)

  - Bundle Protocol and CBOR dissector crashes in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.3 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.10 allows denial     of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2025-1492)

  - FiveCo RAP dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service     via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-11595)

  - ECMP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-11596)

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 Tencent Linux installed on the remote TencentOS Server 4 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TSSA-2024:1040 advisory.

    Package updates are available for TencentOS Server 4 that fix the following vulnerabilities:

    CVE-2024-11596:
    ECMP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file

    CVE-2024-11595:
    FiveCo RAP dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service     via packet injection or crafted capture file

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Tencent Linux 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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - FiveCo RAP dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.4.0 to 4.4.1 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.8 allows denial of service     via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-11595)

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

An update of the wireshark package has been released.

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-2024:4142-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2024-11595: FiveCo RAP dissector infinite loop (bsc#1233594).
    - CVE-2024-11596: ECMP dissector crash (bsc#1233593).

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.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-f9f740bc60 advisory.

    New version 4.4.2

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 Fedora 40 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-0b563ad294 advisory.

    New version 4.2.9

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 macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.2.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.2.9 advisory.

  - The FiveCo RAP dissector could go into an infinite loop. Fixed in master: d8ca9fc339 Fixed in release-4.4:
    4d58fef602 Fixed in release-4.2: 686dff0f01 Discovered in our internal testing environment. We are unaware     of any exploits for this issue. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by     injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
    (CVE-2024-11595)

  - The ECMP dissector could crash. Fixed in master: c8e5887073 Fixed in release-4.4: 8fd60c6448 Fixed in     release-4.2: 06e0b0bb09 Discovered by Ivan Nardi We are unaware of any exploits for this issue. It may be     possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to     read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2024-11596)

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 4.2.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.2.9 advisory.

  - The FiveCo RAP dissector could go into an infinite loop. Fixed in master: d8ca9fc339 Fixed in release-4.4:
    4d58fef602 Fixed in release-4.2: 686dff0f01 Discovered in our internal testing environment. We are unaware     of any exploits for this issue. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by     injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
    (CVE-2024-11595)

  - The ECMP dissector could crash. Fixed in master: c8e5887073 Fixed in release-4.4: 8fd60c6448 Fixed in     release-4.2: 06e0b0bb09 Discovered by Ivan Nardi We are unaware of any exploits for this issue. It may be     possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to     read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2024-11596)

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
271971	Wireshark 4.4.x < 4.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
271970	Wireshark 4.4.x < 4.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
239833	TencentOS Server 4: wireshark (TSSA-2024:1040)	Nessus	Tencent Local Security Checks	medium
227676	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-11595	Nessus	Misc.	medium
213427	Photon OS 5.0: Wireshark PHSA-2024-5.0-0423	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
213421	Photon OS 4.0: Wireshark PHSA-2024-4.0-0723	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
212588	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2024:4142-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	medium
211979	Fedora 41 : wireshark (2024-f9f740bc60)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
211977	Fedora 40 : wireshark (2024-0b563ad294)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
211658	Wireshark 4.2.x < 4.2.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	medium
211657	Wireshark 4.2.x < 4.2.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	medium

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