Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87825

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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 2.0.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.0.1 advisory.

- The dissect_CPMSetBindings function in epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c in the MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the column size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2015-8742)

- epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate conversation data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2015-8711)

- Double free vulnerability in epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1, when the Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2015-8718)

- The dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 improperly checks an sscanf return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2015-8720)

- Buffer overflow in the tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet with zlib compression. (CVE-2015-8721)

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 2.0.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 87825

File Name: wireshark_2_0_1.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: Local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/8/2016

Updated: 10/20/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 92.82

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-8742

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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 Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/29/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/25/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8711, CVE-2015-8718, CVE-2015-8720, CVE-2015-8721, CVE-2015-8722, CVE-2015-8723, CVE-2015-8725, CVE-2015-8726, CVE-2015-8727, CVE-2015-8728, CVE-2015-8729, CVE-2015-8730, CVE-2015-8731, CVE-2015-8732, CVE-2015-8733, CVE-2015-8734, CVE-2015-8735, CVE-2015-8736, CVE-2015-8737, CVE-2015-8738, CVE-2015-8739, CVE-2015-8740, CVE-2015-8741, CVE-2015-8742

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Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 87825

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CVSS v2

CVSS v3

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