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Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 58518
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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 1.6.6. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.6.6 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 IEEE 802.11 dissector could go into an infinite loop. 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-6809)
- 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 1.6.6 or later.See Also
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6804
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6809
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6823
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6833
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.6.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-04
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-05
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 58518
File Name: wireshark_1_6_6.nasl
Version: 1.13
Type: Local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 3/28/2012
Updated: 10/8/2026
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