Wireshark 3.0.x < 3.0.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 134110

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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 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: 134110

File Name: wireshark_3_0_9.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

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: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, 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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