Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 96764

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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 2.2.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.2.4 advisory.

- In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the DHCPv6 dissector could go into a large loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dhcpv6.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow. (CVE-2017-5597)

- In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.3 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.9, the ASTERIX dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet- asterix.c by changing a data type to avoid an integer overflow. (CVE-2017-5596)

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 2.2.4 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 96764

File Name: macosx_wireshark_2_2_4.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: Local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 1/25/2017

Updated: 5/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5597

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5596, CVE-2017-5597

Detections

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