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Wireshark 1.8.x < 1.8.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Plugin ID 62478
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Synopsis
The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The installed version of Wireshark 1.8 is earlier than 1.8.3. It thus is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- A malformed packet can cause the 'DRDA' and 'HSRP' dissectors to enter an infinite loop, thereby consuming excessive CPU resources. (CVE-2012-3548, CVE-2012-5237)
- A malformed packet can cause the 'PPP' dissector to crash the application. (CVE-2012-5238)
- A malformed packet can trigger a buffer overflow in the 'LDP' dissector, which results in an application crash.
(CVE-2012-5240)
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.8.3 or later.See Also
http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.8.3.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-26.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 62478
File Name: wireshark_1_8_3.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: 5.8
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5240
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: 6/1/2012
Exploitable With
Core Impact
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-3548, CVE-2012-5237, CVE-2012-5238, CVE-2012-5240