Wireshark 1.8.x < 1.8.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 69104

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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 1.8.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.8.9 advisory.

- The dissect_per_length_determinant function in epan/dissectors/packet-per.c in the ASN.1 PER dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not initialize a length field in certain abnormal situations, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2013-4935)

- The parseFields function in epan/dissectors/packet-dis-pdus.c in the DIS dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not terminate packet-data processing after finding zero remaining bytes, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a crafted packet.
(CVE-2013-4929)

- Integer signedness error in the get_type_length function in epan/dissectors/packet-btsdp.c in the Bluetooth SDP dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2013-4927)

- The dissect_dvbci_tpdu_hdr function in epan/dissectors/packet-dvbci.c in the DVB-CI dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 does not validate a certain length value before decrementing it, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2013-4930)

- epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.9 and 1.10.x before 1.10.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop) via a crafted packet that is not properly handled by the GSM RR dissector.
(CVE-2013-4931)

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 1.8.9 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69104

File Name: wireshark_1_8_9.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/29/2013

Updated: 10/7/2026

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4929

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4935

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: 7/26/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/26/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4927, CVE-2013-4929, CVE-2013-4930, CVE-2013-4931, CVE-2013-4932, CVE-2013-4934, CVE-2013-4935

BID: 61471

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