Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 89102

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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 2.0.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.0.2 advisory.

- Untrusted search path vulnerability in the WiresharkApplication class in ui/qt/wireshark_application.cpp in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 on Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse riched20.dll.dll file in the current working directory, related to use of QLibrary.
(CVE-2016-2521)

- The dissect_ber_constrained_bitstring function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the ASN.1 BER dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not verify that a certain length is nonzero, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.
(CVE-2016-2522)

- The dnp3_al_process_object function in epan/dissectors/packet-dnp.c in the DNP3 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.10 and 2.0.x before 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2016-2523)

- epan/dissectors/packet-x509af.c in the X.509AF dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 mishandles the algorithm ID, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2016-2524)

- epan/dissectors/packet-http2.c in the HTTP/2 dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not limit the amount of header data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or application crash) via a crafted packet. (CVE-2016-2525)

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 2.0.2 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 89102

File Name: macosx_wireshark_2_0_2.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 3/3/2016

Updated: 8/31/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2521

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2529, CVE-2016-2521, CVE-2016-2522, CVE-2016-2523, CVE-2016-2524, CVE-2016-2525, CVE-2016-2526, CVE-2016-2527, CVE-2016-2528, CVE-2016-2530, CVE-2016-2531, CVE-2016-2532, CVE-2016-4415, CVE-2016-4416, CVE-2016-4417, CVE-2016-4418, CVE-2016-4419, CVE-2016-4420, CVE-2016-4421

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