Detections
Analytics
Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.15 Multiple Vulnerabilities
high Nessus Plugin ID 66543
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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 1.6.15. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.6.15 advisory.- The dissect_ber_choice function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 does not properly initialize a certain variable, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2013-3557)
- The fragment_add_seq_common function in epan/reassemble.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark before r48943 has an incorrect pointer dereference during a comparison, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed packet. (CVE-2013-3556)
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 1.6.15 or later.See Also
https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=8599
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.6.15.html
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 66543
File Name: wireshark_1_6_15.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: Local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows
Published: 5/22/2013
Updated: 10/6/2026
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
Temporal Score: 3.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-3557
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
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:P/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: 5/17/2013
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/17/2013
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2013-3556, CVE-2013-3557