Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.15 Multiple Vulnerabilities

Low Nessus Plugin ID 61571

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.

See Also

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-13.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-15.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-17.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-18.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-20.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-21.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-22.html

http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-23.html

http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.15.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 61571

File Name: wireshark_1_4_15.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2012/08/17

Updated: 2019/12/04

Dependencies: 34112

Risk Information

Risk Factor: Low

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4296

CVSS v2.0

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: SMB/Wireshark/Installed

Exploit Available: false

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2012/08/15

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2012/08/15

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