It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for CIP Safety, IWARP_MPA, NetBIOS, Profinet I/O and AMQP, which result in denial of dervice or the execution of arbitrary code.

wireshark developers reports :

wnpa-sec-2017-47: The IWARP_MPA dissector could crash.
(CVE-2017-17084)

wnpa-sec-2017-48: The NetBIOS dissector could crash. Discovered by Kamil Frankowicz. (CVE-2017-17083)

wnpa-sec-2017-49: The CIP Safety dissector could crash.
(CVE-2017-17085)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.2 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.10, the CIP Safety dissector could crash. This was addressed     in epan/dissectors/packet-cipsafety.c by validating the packet length. (CVE-2017-17085)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.11 fixes the following issues :

Minor vulnerabilities that could be used to trigger dissector crashes by making Wireshark read specially crafted packages from the network or capture files (boo#1070727) :

  - CVE-2017-17084: IWARP_MPA dissector crash     (wnpa-sec-2017-47)

  - CVE-2017-17083: NetBIOS dissector crash     (wnpa-sec-2017-48)

  - CVE-2017-17085: CIP Safety dissector crash     (wnpa-sec-2017-49)

This update also fixes further bugs and updates protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.11.html

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.2.x prior to 2.2.11 or 2.4.x prior to 2.4.3. It is, therefore, affected by denial of service vulnerabilities in the IWARP_MPA, NetBIOS, and CIP Safety dissectors. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

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

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote MacOS/MacOSX host is 2.2.x prior to 2.2.11 or 2.4.x prior to 2.4.3. It is, therefore, affected by denial of service vulnerabilities in the IWARP_MPA, NetBIOS, and CIP Safety dissectors. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

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

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.11 fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-13767: The MSDP dissector could have gone into     an infinite loop. This was addressed by adding length     validation (bsc#1056248)

  - CVE-2017-13766: The Profinet I/O dissector could have     crash with an out-of-bounds write. This was addressed by     adding string validation (bsc#1056249)

  - CVE-2017-13765: The IrCOMM dissector had a buffer     over-read and application crash. This was addressed by     adding length validation (bsc#1056251)

  - CVE-2017-9766: PROFINET IO data with a high recursion     depth allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (stack exhaustion) in the dissect_IODWriteReq     function (bsc#1045341)

  - CVE-2017-9617: Deeply nested DAAP data may have cause     stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the     dissect_daap_one_tag function in the DAAP dissector     (bsc#1044417)

  - CVE-2017-15192: The BT ATT dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by     considering a case where not all of the BTATT packets     have the same encapsulation level. (bsc#1062645)

  - CVE-2017-15193: The MBIM dissector could crash or     exhaust system memory. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-mbim.c by changing the     memory-allocation approach. (bsc#1062645)

  - CVE-2017-15191: The DMP dissector could crash. This was     addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dmp.c by validating     a string length. (bsc#1062645)

  - CVE-2017-17083: NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was     addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by     ensuring that write operations are bounded by the     beginning of a buffer. (bsc#1070727)

  - CVE-2017-17084: IWARP_MPA dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-iwarp-mpa.c by     validating a ULPDU length. (bsc#1070727)

  - CVE-2017-17085: the CIP Safety dissector could crash.
    This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cipsafety.c     by validating the packet length. (bsc#1070727)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

New upstream version 2.4.3. It contains fixes for CVE-2017-17084, CVE-2017-17083 and CVE-2017-17085.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

This update for wireshark fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-17083: NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was     addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by     ensuring that write operations are bounded by the     beginning of a buffer. (bsc#1070727)

  - CVE-2017-17084: IWARP_MPA dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-iwarp-mpa.c by     validating a ULPDU length. (bsc#1070727)

  - CVE-2017-17085: the CIP Safety dissector could crash.
    This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cipsafety.c     by validating the packet length. (bsc#1070727)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors for CIP Safety, IWARP_MPA, NetBIOS, Profinet I/O and AMQP, which result in denial of dervice or the execution of arbitrary code.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your wireshark packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
105121	Debian DSA-4060-1 : wireshark - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	12/11/2017	11/12/2025	high
105140	FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple security issues (4b228e69-22e1-4019-afd0-8aa716d0ec0b)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	12/11/2017	11/12/2025	high
220875	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-17085	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/15/2025	high
105228	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2017-1337)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/14/2017	11/11/2025	high
105007	Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.11 / 2.4.x < 2.4.3 DoS Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	12/1/2017	11/12/2019	high
105008	Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.11 / 2.4.x < 2.4.3 DoS Vulnerabilities (MacOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	12/1/2017	11/12/2019	high
105720	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0054-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/10/2018	11/6/2025	high
105858	Fedora 27 : 1:wireshark (2017-3997279e65)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/15/2018	11/6/2025	high
105481	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2017:3436-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	12/28/2017	11/10/2025	high
105495	Debian DLA-1226-1 : wireshark security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	1/2/2018	11/10/2025	high

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