Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100670

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 2.2.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.2.7 advisory.

- In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the RGMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rgmp.c by validating an IPv4 address. (CVE-2017-9354)

- In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the Bazaar dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-bzr.c by ensuring that backwards parsing cannot occur.
(CVE-2017-9352)

- In Wireshark through 2.0.13 and 2.2.x through 2.2.7, the openSAFETY dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-opensafety.c by adding length validation.
NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-9350. (CVE-2017-11411)

- In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the MSNIP dissector misuses a NULL pointer. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-msnip.c by validating an IPv4 address. (CVE-2017-9343)

- In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.6 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.12, the Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could divide by zero. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btl2cap.c by validating an interval value. (CVE-2017-9344)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.7 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100670

File Name: macosx_wireshark_2_2_7.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 6/7/2017

Updated: 10/9/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 96.22

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9352

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9354

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/1/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11411, CVE-2017-9343, CVE-2017-9344, CVE-2017-9345, CVE-2017-9346, CVE-2017-9347, CVE-2017-9348, CVE-2017-9349, CVE-2017-9350, CVE-2017-9351, CVE-2017-9352, CVE-2017-9353, CVE-2017-9354

BID: 98796, 98797, 98798, 98799, 98800, 98801, 98802, 98803, 98804, 98805, 98806, 98808

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