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Wireshark 3.4.x < 3.4.16, 3.6.x < 3.6.8 DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 164831

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 3.4.0 to 3.4.15 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.7. It is, therefore, affected by denial of service 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 3.4.16, 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: 164831

File Name: wireshark_3_6_8.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/7/2022

Updated: 10/12/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: installed_sw/Wireshark, SMB/Registry/Enumerated

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/7/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/7/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-3190

IAVB: 2022-B-0035-S