Wireshark 1.10.x < 1.10.3 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 70762

Synopsis

The remote Windows host contains an application that is affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Description

The installed version of Wireshark 1.10.x is earlier than 1.10.3. It is, therefore, affected by denial of service vulnerabilities in the following dissectors :

- IEEE 802.15.4 (Bug #9139)
- NBAP (Bug #9168)
- SIP (Bug #9228)
- ActiveMQ OpenWire (Bug #9248)
- TCP (Bug #9263)

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.10.3 or later.

See Also

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-61.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-62.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-63.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-64.html

https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2013-65.html

https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.10.3.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 70762

File Name: wireshark_1_10_3.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 11/5/2013

Updated: 3/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: SMB/Wireshark/Installed

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/1/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6336, CVE-2013-6337, CVE-2013-6338, CVE-2013-6339, CVE-2013-6340

BID: 63500, 63501, 63502, 63503, 63504