Wireshark 1.8.x < 1.8.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 364160

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 1.8.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.8.6 advisory.

- The DTLS dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.14 and 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not validate the fragment offset before invoking the reassembly state machine, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large offset value that triggers write access to an invalid memory location. (CVE-2013-2488)

- epan/dissectors/packet-reload.c in the REsource LOcation And Discovery (aka RELOAD) dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 uses incorrect integer data types, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via crafted integer values in a packet, related to the (1) dissect_icecandidates, (2) dissect_kinddata, (3) dissect_nodeid_list, (4) dissect_storeans, (5) dissect_storereq, (6) dissect_storeddataspecifier, (7) dissect_fetchreq, (8) dissect_findans, (9) dissect_diagnosticinfo, (10) dissect_diagnosticresponse, (11) dissect_reload_messagecontents, and (12) dissect_reload_message functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-2486. (CVE-2013-2487)

- The TCP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2013-2475)

- The dissect_hartip function in epan/dissectors/packet-hartip.c in the HART/IP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a packet with a header that is too short. (CVE-2013-2476)

- The CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.6 does not properly manage function pointers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet.
(CVE-2013-2477)

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 1.8.6 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 364160

File Name: macosx_wireshark_1_8_6.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 10/8/2026

Updated: 10/8/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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-2013-2487

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2488

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: 3/6/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/28/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2475, CVE-2013-2476, CVE-2013-2477, CVE-2013-2478, CVE-2013-2479, CVE-2013-2480, CVE-2013-2481, CVE-2013-2482, CVE-2013-2483, CVE-2013-2484, CVE-2013-2485, CVE-2013-2486, CVE-2013-2487, CVE-2013-2488

IAVB: 2013-B-0020-S

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