The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-5429 advisory.

  - Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted RTPS packet, Wireshark version     4.0.5 and prior, by default, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code execution     in the context of the process running Wireshark. (CVE-2023-0666)

  - Due to failure in validating the length provided by an attacker-crafted IEEE-C37.118 packet, Wireshark     version 4.0.5 and prior, by default, is susceptible to a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly code     execution in the context of the process running Wireshark. (CVE-2023-0668)

  - ISO 15765 and ISO 10681 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.3 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.11 allows denial of     service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-1161)

  - RPCoRDMA dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-1992)

  - LISP dissector large loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-1993)

  - GQUIC dissector crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.4 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.12 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-1994)

  - BLF file parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via crafted     capture file (CVE-2023-2854, CVE-2023-2857)

  - Candump log parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via     crafted capture file (CVE-2023-2855)

  - VMS TCPIPtrace file parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service     via crafted capture file (CVE-2023-2856)

  - NetScaler file parser crash in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via     crafted capture file (CVE-2023-2858)

  - GDSDB infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via packet     injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-2879)

  - XRA dissector infinite loop in Wireshark 4.0.0 to 4.0.5 and 3.6.0 to 3.6.13 allows denial of service via     packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2023-2952)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

Debian DSA-5429-1 : wireshark - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 177382

Version 1.4

Version 1.3

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Version 1.4 Sep 26, 2023, 8:16 PM CVSSv3 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-2952" to "CVE-2023-1161") CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" changed from 7.5 to 7.1. "CVSSv3 vector" changed from "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H") Plugin Feed: 202309262016
Version 1.3 Sep 18, 2023, 4:18 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv3 score" changed from 7.1 to 7.5. "CVSSv3 vector" changed from "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H" to "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H") CVSSv3 score source (set to "CVE-2023-2952") Plugin Feed: 202309181618
Version 1.2 Jul 13, 2023, 8:04 PM IAVM reference Plugin Feed: 202307132004
Version 1.1 Jun 19, 2023, 2:10 PM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" changed from 5.0 to 8.5. "CVSSv2 vector" changed from "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P" to "CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C") CVSSv2 score source (changed from "CVE-2023-2952" to "CVE-2023-1161") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2023-1161, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Plugin Feed: 202306191410
Version 1.0 Jun 16, 2023, 12:10 PM New Plugin Feed: 202306161210