Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85404

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 1.12.7. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.12.7 advisory.

- Wireshark could crash when adding an item to the protocol tree. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (wireshark-bug-11309)

- Wireshark could attempt to free invalid memory. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (wireshark- bug-11373)

- Wireshark could crash when searching for a protocol dissector. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (wireshark-bug-11381)

- The ZigBee dissector could crash. It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (wireshark-bug-11389)

- The GSM RLC/MAC dissector could go into an infinite loop. It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file. (wireshark-bug-11358)

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 1.12.7 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 85404

File Name: macosx_wireshark_1_12_7.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 8/14/2015

Updated: 10/12/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Wireshark

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2015

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