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Wireshark 2.4.x < 2.4.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 121107
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Synopsis
An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 2.4.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.4.12 advisory.- In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the ENIP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-enip.c by changing the memory-management approach so that a use-after-free is avoided. (CVE-2019-5721)
- In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the P_MUL dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-p_mul.c by rejecting the invalid sequence number of zero. (CVE-2019-5717)
- In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the RTSE dissector and other ASN.1 dissectors could crash. This was addressed in epan/charsets.c by adding a get_t61_string length check. (CVE-2019-5718)
- In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.5 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.11, the ISAKMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-isakmp.c by properly handling the case of a missing decryption data block.
(CVE-2019-5719)
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 2.4.12 or later.See Also
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.4.12.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-02
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-03
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-04
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-05
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/14470
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/15337
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 121107
File Name: wireshark_2_4_12.nasl
Version: 1.11
Type: Local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 1/11/2019
Updated: 5/1/2026
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
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5721
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark
Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Wireshark
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-5717, CVE-2019-5718, CVE-2019-5719, CVE-2019-5721