Wireshark 4.0.x < 4.0.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 187624

Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 4.0.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.0.12 advisory.

- GVCP dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0, 4.0.0 to 4.0.11, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.19 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-0208)

- IEEE 1609.2 dissector crash in Wireshark 4.2.0, 4.0.0 to 4.0.11, and 3.6.0 to 3.6.19 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2024-0209)

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 4.0.12 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.0.12.html

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19496

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-01

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/19501

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-02

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187624

File Name: macosx_wireshark_4_0_12.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 1/3/2024

Updated: 4/5/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0209

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: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/3/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0208, CVE-2024-0209

IAVB: 2024-B-0001-S