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

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1261 advisory.

    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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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 4.4.9. 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.

  - 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)

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

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2025:02271-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-5601: Dissection engine crash (bsc#1244081).

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 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-2025:01968-1 advisory.

    - CVE-2025-5601: Dissection engine crash (bsc#1244081).

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.

An update of the wireshark package has been released.

The remote Fedora 41 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-8043d4cd71 advisory.

    New version 4.4.7

    ----

    Ignoring potential error when using udevadm in %post scriptlet

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 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2025-b979c16d88 advisory.

    New version 4.4.7

    ----

    Ignoring potential error when using udevadm in %post scriptlet

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 4.2.12. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-4.2.12 advisory.

  - 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)

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 4.2.x prior to 4.2.12 or 4.4.x prior to 4.4.7. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability as referenced in the wnpa-sec-2025-02 advisory.

  - 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)

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
274700	Amazon Linux 2023 : wireshark-cli, wireshark-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1261)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
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
258436	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-5601	Nessus	Misc.	high
242014	SUSE SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2025:02271-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
240749	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2025:01968-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
240518	Photon OS 4.0: Wireshark PHSA-2025-4.0-0818	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
240416	Photon OS 5.0: Wireshark PHSA-2025-5.0-0537	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high
238474	Fedora 41 : wireshark (2025-8043d4cd71)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
238473	Fedora 42 : wireshark (2025-b979c16d88)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	high
237767	Wireshark 4.2.x < 4.2.12 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
237766	Wireshark 4.2.x < 4.2.12 / 4.4.x < 4.4.7 DoS	Nessus	Windows	high

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