Wireshark 2.6.x < 2.6.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 124162

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 2.6.x prior to 2.6.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.6.8 advisory:

- The NetScaler file parser could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2019-10895)

- The SRVLOC dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2019-10899)

- The GSS-API dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2019-10894)

- The DOF dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2019-10896)

- The LDSS dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2019-10901)

- The DCERPC SPOOLSS dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2019-10903)

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

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.6.8 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.6.8.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-09

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15497

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-10

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15546

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-14

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15613

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-15

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15617

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-17

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15620

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2019-18

https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15568

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 124162

File Name: macosx_wireshark_2_6_8.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 4/18/2019

Updated: 1/24/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10894

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/8/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-10894, CVE-2019-10895, CVE-2019-10896, CVE-2019-10899, CVE-2019-10901, CVE-2019-10903

BID: 107834