Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.11 DRDA DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 62477

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Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The installed version of Wireshark 1.6 is earlier than 1.6.11. It thus is affected by a denial of service vulnerability. A malformed packet can cause the 'DRDA' dissector to enter an infinite loop thereby consuming excessive CPU resources.

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.6.11 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 62477

File Name: wireshark_1_6_11.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/10/2012

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2012

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3548

BID: 55284

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