Wireshark 1.8.x < 1.8.5 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 64362

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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 1.8.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.8.5 advisory.

- Buffer overflow in the NTLMSSP dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2013-1590)

- The dissect_oampdu_event_notification function in epan/dissectors/packet-slowprotocols.c in the IEEE 802.3 Slow Protocols dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly handle certain short lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2013-1572)

- The csnStreamDissector function in epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c in the CSN.1 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly handle a large number of padding bits, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2013-1573)

- The dissect_bthci_eir_ad_data function in epan/dissectors/packet-bthci_cmd.c in the Bluetooth HCI dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 uses an incorrect data type for a counter variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2013-1574)

- The dissect_r3_cmd_alarmconfigure function in epan/dissectors/packet-assa_r3.c in the R3 dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.13 and 1.8.x before 1.8.5 does not properly handle a certain alarm length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed packet.
(CVE-2013-1575)

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 1.8.5 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 64362

File Name: wireshark_1_8_5.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/30/2013

Updated: 10/12/2026

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: Low

Base Score: 2.9

Temporal Score: 2.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-1590

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: 1/29/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/29/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1572, CVE-2013-1573, CVE-2013-1574, CVE-2013-1575, CVE-2013-1576, CVE-2013-1577, CVE-2013-1578, CVE-2013-1579, CVE-2013-1580, CVE-2013-1581, CVE-2013-1582, CVE-2013-1583, CVE-2013-1584, CVE-2013-1585, CVE-2013-1586, CVE-2013-1587, CVE-2013-1588, CVE-2013-1589, CVE-2013-1590

BID: 57615, 57616, 57618, 57619, 57620, 57621, 57622, 57625, 57626, 57647

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