AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.7 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 Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.7 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-9781)

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

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-837 advisory.

    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)

    Buffer Overflow vulnerability in Wireshark team Wireshark before v.4.2.0 allows a remote attacker to cause     a denial of service via the wsutil/to_str.c, and format_fractional_part_nsecs components. (CVE-2024-24479)

    NTLMSSP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.6 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.16 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-8250)

    SPRT dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0 to 4.0.5 and 4.0.0 to 4.0.15 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-8645)

    AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.7 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-9781)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2024-1949806a59 advisory.

    New version 4.2.8     Fix for CVE-2024-9781

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

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

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2024:3615-1 advisory.

    Update to Wireshark 4.2.8:

    - CVE-2024-9781: Fixed AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash (bsc#1231476).

    - Further features, bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
      https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.8.html

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 4.4.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.4.1 advisory.

  - ITS dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture     file (CVE-2024-9780)

  - AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.7 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-9781)

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 4.4.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.4.1 advisory.

  - ITS dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture     file (CVE-2024-9780)

  - AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.7 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-9781)

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 4.2.8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-4.2.8 advisory.

  - AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.7 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-9781)

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 4.2.8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-4.2.8 advisory.

  - AppleTalk and RELOAD Framing dissector crash in Wireshark 4.4.0 and 4.2.0 to 4.2.7 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-9781)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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
230969	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2024-9781	Nessus	Misc.	high
215035	Amazon Linux 2023 : wireshark-cli, wireshark-devel (ALAS2023-2025-837)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
209536	Fedora 40 : wireshark (2024-1949806a59)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
209333	Photon OS 5.0: Wireshark PHSA-2024-5.0-0385	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
209272	Photon OS 4.0: Wireshark PHSA-2024-4.0-0702	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
209014	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2024:3615-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
208657	Wireshark 4.4.x < 4.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high
208656	Wireshark 4.4.x < 4.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
208655	Wireshark 4.2.x < 4.2.8 A Vulnerability	Nessus	Windows	high
208654	Wireshark 4.2.x < 4.2.8 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high

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