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Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.11 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 311467

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 2.2.11. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.2.11 advisory.

 - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the CIP Safety dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cipsafety.c by validating the packet length. (CVE-2017-17085)

 - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the IWARP_MPA dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-iwarp-mpa.c by validating a ULPDU length. (CVE-2017-17084)

 - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by ensuring that write operations are bounded by the beginning of a buffer. (CVE-2017-17083)

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 2.2.11 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.11.html

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/14236

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-47

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/14249

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-48

https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/14250

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-49

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 311467

File Name: wireshark_2_2_11.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 5/1/2026

Updated: 5/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-17085

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: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/30/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/30/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-17083, CVE-2017-17084, CVE-2017-17085

IAVB: 2017-B-0167-S