Wireshark / Ethereal 0.9.6 to 1.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 40999

Synopsis

The remote host has an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Wireshark or Ethereal is affected by multiple issues :

- The GSM A RR dissector could crash. (Bug 3893)

- The OpcUa dissector could use excessive CPU and memory.
(Bug 3986)

- The TLS dissector could crash on some platforms.
(Bug 4008)

- Wireshark could crash while reading an 'ERF' file. (Bug 3849)

These vulnerabilities could result in a denial of service. A remote attacker could exploit these issues by tricking a user into opening a maliciously crafted capture file. Additionally, if Wireshark is running in promiscuous mode, one of these issues could be exploited remotely (from the same network segment).

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.2.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 40999

File Name: wireshark_1_2_2.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/16/2009

Updated: 3/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: SMB/Wireshark/Installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/15/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3241, CVE-2009-3242, CVE-2009-3243

BID: 36408, 36591

Secunia: 36754

Detections

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