Wireshark 2.6.x < 2.6.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 124165

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 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: 124165

File Name: wireshark_2_6_8.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/18/2019

Updated: 5/31/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10903

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

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: 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