BPv7 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 allows denial of service

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-f810869906 advisory.

    New version 4.6.1     Beware of the move of files from /usr/lib64/wireshark/extcap/ to /usr/libexec/wireshark/extcap. Any custom     user scripts should be moved too.

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 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-0e41e63705 advisory.

    New version 4.6.1. Beware of the move of files from /usr/lib64/wireshark/extcap/ to     /usr/libexec/wireshark/extcap. Any custom user scripts should be moved too.

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 4.6.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.6.2 advisory.

  - Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.10 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-13499)

  - MEGACO dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.1 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.11 allows denial of service     (CVE-2025-13946)

  - HTTP3 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.6.1 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-13945)

  - BPv7 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-13674)

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 4.6.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.6.2 advisory.

  - Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.10 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-13499)

  - MEGACO dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.6.0 to 4.6.1 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.11 allows denial of service     (CVE-2025-13946)

  - HTTP3 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.6.1 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-13945)

  - BPv7 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-13674)

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.

  - BPv7 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-13674)

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

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.6.1 advisory.

  - Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.10 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-13499)

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 4.6.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.6.1 advisory.

  - Kafka dissector crash in Wireshark 4.6.0 and 4.4.0 to 4.4.10 allows denial of service (CVE-2025-13499)

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
278402	Fedora 42 : wireshark (2025-f810869906)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
278400	Fedora 43 : wireshark (2025-0e41e63705)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
277287	Wireshark 4.6.x < 4.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	medium
277286	Wireshark 4.6.x < 4.6.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	medium
276971	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-13674	Nessus	Misc.	medium
275816	Wireshark 4.6.x < 4.6.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
275815	Wireshark 4.6.x < 4.6.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high

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