Wireshark 3.0.x < 3.0.8 A Vulnerability (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 133211

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 3.0.8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.0.8 advisory.

- In Wireshark 3.0.x before 3.0.8, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by validating opcodes. (CVE-2020-7045)

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 3.0.8 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 133211

File Name: macosx_wireshark_3_0_8.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 1/24/2020

Updated: 5/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-7045

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/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: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/15/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-7045

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