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Wireshark 3.6.x < 3.6.8 A Vulnerability (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164830

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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 3.6.8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.6.8 advisory.

 - The F5 Ethernet Trailer dissector could go into an infinite loop. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (wireshark-bug-18307)

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 3.6.8 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-3.6.8.html

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/18307

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2022-06

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 164830

File Name: macosx_wireshark_3_6_8.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/7/2022

Updated: 4/30/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-3190

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

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

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3190

IAVB: 2022-B-0035-S