Wireshark 1.12.x < 1.12.7 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 85405

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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 1.12.7. 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: 85405

File Name: wireshark_1_12_7.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

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: SMB/Registry/Enumerated, installed_sw/Wireshark

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2015

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