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Wireshark 4.2.x < 4.2.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 211658

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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 4.2.9. 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: 211658

File Name: macosx_wireshark_4_2_9.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 11/20/2024

Updated: 5/8/2025

Supported Sensors: 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: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, 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