Wireshark 4.0.x < 4.0.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 176370

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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 4.0.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.0.6 advisory.

- The Candump log file parser could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2023-2855)

- The BLF file parser could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2023-2857)

- The GDSDB 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-19068)

- The NetScaler file parser could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2023-2858)

- The VMS TCPIPtrace file parser could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
(CVE-2023-2856)

- The BLF file parser could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2023-2854)

- The RTPS dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (CVE-2023-0666)

- The IEEE C37.118 Synchrophasor dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
(CVE-2023-0668)

- The XRA dissector could go into an infinite loop. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
(wireshark-bug-19100)

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 4.0.6 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 176370

File Name: wireshark_4_0_6.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/25/2023

Updated: 5/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-2858

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 5/24/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/24/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-0666, CVE-2023-0668, CVE-2023-2854, CVE-2023-2855, CVE-2023-2856, CVE-2023-2857, CVE-2023-2858, CVE-2023-2879, CVE-2023-2952

IAVB: 2023-B-0036