Wireshark 1.8.x < 1.8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62478

Synopsis

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

Description

The installed version of Wireshark 1.8 is earlier than 1.8.3. It thus is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- A malformed packet can cause the 'DRDA' and 'HSRP' dissectors to enter an infinite loop, thereby consuming excessive CPU resources. (CVE-2012-3548, CVE-2012-5237)

- A malformed packet can cause the 'PPP' dissector to crash the application. (CVE-2012-5238)

- A malformed packet can trigger a buffer overflow in the 'LDP' dissector, which results in an application crash.
(CVE-2012-5240)

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.8.3 or later.

See Also

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-26.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-28.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-29.html

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.3.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62478

File Name: wireshark_1_8_3.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/10/2012

Updated: 3/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5240

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: SMB/Wireshark/Installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2012

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3548, CVE-2012-5237, CVE-2012-5238, CVE-2012-5240

BID: 55284, 55754