Detections
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Wireshark 2.6.x < 2.6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)
high Nessus Plugin ID 121309
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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 2.6.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.6.4 advisory.- In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3, the Steam IHS Discovery dissector could consume system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-steam-ihs-discovery.c by changing the memory-management approach.
(CVE-2018-18226)
- In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c by properly handling NULL return values. (CVE-2018-18227)
- In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3, the CoAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet- coap.c by ensuring that the piv length is correctly computed. (CVE-2018-18225)
- Buffer overflow in OPC UA applications allows remote attackers to trigger a stack overflow with carefully structured requests. (CVE-2018-12086)
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 2.6.4 or later.See Also
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/15119
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/15171
https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/15172
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.6.4.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-47
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-48
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 121309
File Name: macosx_wireshark_2_6_4.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: Local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Published: 1/22/2019
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: 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-2018-18226
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-2018-18227
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: 10/11/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-12086, CVE-2018-18225, CVE-2018-18226, CVE-2018-18227