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Wireshark 1.8.x < 1.8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 62478
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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 1.8.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.8.3 advisory.- Buffer overflow in the dissect_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-ldp.c in the LDP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed packet. (CVE-2012-5240)
- The dissect_hsrp function in epan/dissectors/packet-hsrp.c in the HSRP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.
(CVE-2012-5237)
- epan/dissectors/packet-ppp.c in the PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.3 uses incorrect OUI data structures during the decoding of (1) PPP and (2) LCP data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2012-5238)
- Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2012-3548. Reason: This candidate is a reservation duplicate of CVE-2012-3548. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2012-3548 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent accidental usage (CVE-2012-5239)
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 1.8.3 or later.See Also
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7316
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7567
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7581
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7666
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.3.html
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-26
https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 62478
File Name: wireshark_1_8_3.nasl
Version: 1.10
Type: Local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 10/10/2012
Updated: 10/9/2026
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: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5240
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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: 10/2/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2012