The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.5. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the CORBA     IDL dissector due to improper handling of packets. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause     an application crash. Note that this vulnerability only     affects 64-bit versions of Windows. (CVE-2016-6503)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists due to a     divide-by-zero flaw in the dissect_pbb_tlvblock()     function in packet-packetbb.c. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially     crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause an     application crash. (CVE-2016-6505)

  - A flaw exists in the add_headers() function in     packet_wsp.c that is triggered when an offset of zero is     returned by the wkh_content_disposition() function. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause     an infinite loop, resulting in a denial of service     condition. (CVE-2016-6506)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists due to an     incorrect integer data type used in the rlc_decode_li()     function in packet-rlc.c. An unauthenticated, remote     attacker can exploit this, via a specially crafted     packet or packet trace file, to cause a long loop and     excessive CPU resource consumption, resulting in a     denial of service condition. (CVE-2016-6508)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the     dissect_ldss_transfer() function in packet-ldss.c that     is triggered when recreating a conversation that already     exists. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit     this, via a specially crafted packet or packet trace     file, to cause an application crash. (CVE-2016-6509)

  - An overflow condition exists in the rlc_decode_li()     function in packet-rlc.c due to improper validation of     user-supplied input. An unauthenticated, remote attacker     can exploit this, via a specially crafted packet or     packet trace file, to cause a stack-based buffer     overflow, resulting in a denial of service condition.
    (CVE-2016-6510)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the     proto_tree_add_text_valist_internal() function in     proto.c due to improper handling of packets. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause     a long loop and excessive CPU resource consumption.
    (CVE-2016-6511)

  - Multiple flaws exist in the MMSE, WAP, WBXML, and WSP     dissectors due to improper handling of packets. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these     issues, via a specially crafted packet or packet trace     file, to cause an infinite loop, resulting in a denial     of service condition. (CVE-2016-6512)

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the     parse_wbxml_tag_defined() function in packet-wbxml.c due     to improper handling of packets. An unauthenticated,     remote attacker can exploit this, via a specially     crafted packet or packet trace file, to cause an     application crash. (CVE-2016-6513)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.5 Multiple DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 92817

Version 1.9

Version 1.8

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