Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58517

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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 1.4.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.4.12 advisory.

- The ANSI A dissector could dereference a NULL pointer and crash. 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. (wireshark-bug-6823)

- The pcap and pcap-ng file parsers could crash trying to read ERF data. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (wireshark-bug-6804)

- The MP2T dissector could try to allocate too much memory and crash. 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. (wireshark-bug-6833)

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 1.4.12 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58517

File Name: wireshark_1_4_12.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/28/2012

Updated: 10/7/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Wireshark

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2012

Reference Information

BID: 52735, 52736, 52737, 52738

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