Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.15 Multiple Vulnerabilities

low Nessus Plugin ID 61571

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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 1.4.x before 1.4.15. This version is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- The 'DCP ETSI' dissector can attempt a divide by zero operation leading to an application crash.
(CVE-2012-4285)

- The 'XTP', 'AFP', and 'CTDB' dissectors can be caused to go into large or infinite loops. (CVE-2012-4288, CVE-2012-4289, CVE-2012-4290)

- The 'CIP' dissector can be caused to exhaust system memory. (CVE-2012-4291)

- The 'STUN' dissector can be caused to crash.
(CVE-2012-4292)

- The 'EtherCAT Mailbox' dissector can be caused to abort. (CVE-2012-4293)

- A buffer overflow exists related to the 'RTPS2' dissector. (CVE-2012-4296)

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.4.15 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 61571

File Name: wireshark_1_4_15.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 8/17/2012

Updated: 12/4/2019

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

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

Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4296

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: SMB/Wireshark/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/15/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4285, CVE-2012-4288, CVE-2012-4289, CVE-2012-4290, CVE-2012-4291, CVE-2012-4292, CVE-2012-4293, CVE-2012-4296

BID: 55035