Wireshark 2.4.x < 2.4.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 311409

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 2.4.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.4.1 advisory.

- In Wireshark 2.4.0, 2.2.0 to 2.2.8, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.14, the MSDP dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-msdp.c by adding length validation. (CVE-2017-13767)

- In Wireshark 2.4.0 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.8, the Profinet I/O dissector could crash with an out-of-bounds write.
This was addressed in plugins/profinet/packet-dcerpc-pn-io.c by adding string validation. (CVE-2017-13766)

- In Wireshark 2.4.0, the Modbus dissector could crash with a NULL pointer dereference. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mbtcp.c by adding length validation. (CVE-2017-13764)

- In Wireshark 2.4.0, 2.2.0 to 2.2.8, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.14, the IrCOMM dissector has a buffer over-read and application crash. This was addressed in plugins/irda/packet-ircomm.c by adding length validation.
(CVE-2017-13765)

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 2.4.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311409

File Name: macosx_wireshark_2_4_1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 5/1/2026

Updated: 5/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-13767

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/29/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-13764, CVE-2017-13765, CVE-2017-13766, CVE-2017-13767

IAVB: 2017-B-0121-S

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