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Wireshark 4.2.x < 4.2.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211657

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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 4.2.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-4.2.9 advisory.

 - The FiveCo RAP dissector could go into an infinite loop. Fixed in master: d8ca9fc339 Fixed in release-4.4:
 4d58fef602 Fixed in release-4.2: 686dff0f01 Discovered in our internal testing environment. We are unaware of any exploits for this issue. 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.
 (CVE-2024-11595)

 - The ECMP dissector could crash. Fixed in master: c8e5887073 Fixed in release-4.4: 8fd60c6448 Fixed in release-4.2: 06e0b0bb09 Discovered by Ivan Nardi We are unaware of any exploits for this issue. 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-2024-11596)

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 4.2.9 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-4.2.9.html

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20176

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-14

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/20214

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2024-15

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 211657

File Name: wireshark_4_2_9.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/20/2024

Updated: 5/8/2025

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-2024-11596

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: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-11595, CVE-2024-11596

IAVB: 2024-B-0185-S