Wireshark 3.0.x < 3.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 134109

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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 3.0.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-3.0.9 advisory.

- In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the LTE RRC dissector could leak memory.
This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-lte-rrc.c by adjusting certain append operations.
(CVE-2020-9431)

- In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the WiMax DLMAP dissector could crash.
This was addressed in plugins/epan/wimax/msg_dlmap.c by validating a length field. (CVE-2020-9430)

- In Wireshark 3.2.0 to 3.2.1, 3.0.0 to 3.0.8, and 2.6.0 to 2.6.14, the EAP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-eap.c by using more careful sscanf parsing. (CVE-2020-9428)

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 3.0.9 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 134109

File Name: macosx_wireshark_3_0_9.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 2/28/2020

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: 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-2020-9431

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: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-9428, CVE-2020-9430, CVE-2020-9431

IAVB: 2020-B-0011-S

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