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Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 56690
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Wireshark is 1.6.x before 1.6.3. This version is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- An error exists in CSN.1 dissector that can allow denial of service attacks when processing certain malformed packets. (CVE-2011-4100)
- An error exists in the Infiniband dissector that can allow a NULL pointer to be dereferenced when processing certain malformed packets. (CVE-2011-4101)
- A buffer overflow exists in the ERF file reader and can be triggered when processing certain malformed packets.
(CVE-2011-4102)
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.6.3 or later.See Also
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.3.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-17.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 56690
File Name: wireshark_1_6_3.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: Local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 11/2/2011
Updated: 3/30/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.18
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark
Required KB Items: installed_sw/Wireshark, SMB/Registry/Enumerated
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2011
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2011