The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 2.4.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.4.4 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash.
    This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth. (CVE-2018-5336)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the IxVeriWave file parser could crash. This was     addressed in wiretap/vwr.c by correcting the signature timestamp bounds checks. (CVE-2018-5334)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the WCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c by validating the available buffer length. (CVE-2018-5335)

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

Removing dependency on wireshark metapackage from wireshark-cli

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Added wireshark-qt to wireshark metapackage

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  - New version 2.4.5

  - Contains fixes for CVE-2018-7419, CVE-2018-7418,     CVE-2018-7417, CVE-2018-7420, CVE-2018-7320,     CVE-2018-7336, CVE-2018-7337, CVE-2018-7334,     CVE-2018-7335, CVE-2018-6836, CVE-2018-5335,     CVE-2018-5334, CVE-2017-6014, CVE-2017-9616,     CVE-2017-9617, CVE-2017-9766

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.

It was discovered that wireshark, a network protocol analyzer, contained several vulnerabilities in the dissectors/file parsers for IxVeriWave, WCP, JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP and GDB, which could result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code.

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.12 fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2018-5334: IxVeriWave file could crash (bsc#1075737)

  - CVE-2018-5335: WCP dissector could crash (bsc#1075738)

  - CVE-2018-5336: Multiple dissector crashes (bsc#1075739)

  - CVE-2017-17935: Incorrect handling of '\n' in     file_read_line function could have lead to denial of     service (bsc#1074171) This release no longer enables the     Linux kernel BPF JIT compiler via the     net.core.bpf_jit_enable sysctl, as this would make     systems more vulnerable to Spectre variant 1     CVE-2017-5753 - (bsc#1075748) Further bug fixes and     updated protocol support as listed in:
    https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.12     .html

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.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 2.2.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.2.12 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash.
    This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth. (CVE-2018-5336)

  - In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to     CVE-2017-9343. (CVE-2017-17997)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the IxVeriWave file parser could crash. This was     addressed in wiretap/vwr.c by correcting the signature timestamp bounds checks. (CVE-2018-5334)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the WCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c by validating the available buffer length. (CVE-2018-5335)

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

Kamil Frankowicz and Young found that several parsers of wireshark could be crashed by malformed packets.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.12.1+g01b65bf-4+deb8u6~deb7u9.

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.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 2.4.4. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.4.4 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash.
    This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth. (CVE-2018-5336)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the IxVeriWave file parser could crash. This was     addressed in wiretap/vwr.c by correcting the signature timestamp bounds checks. (CVE-2018-5334)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the WCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c by validating the available buffer length. (CVE-2018-5335)

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 2.2.12 fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2018-5334: IxVeriWave file could crash (boo#1075737)

  - CVE-2018-5335: WCP dissector could crash (boo#1075738)

  - CVE-2018-5336: Multiple dissector crashes (boo#1075739)

  - CVE-2017-17997: MRDISC dissector could crash     (boo#1074171)

This release no longers enable the Linux kernel BPF JIT compiler via the net.core.bpf_jit_enable sysctl, as this would make systems more vulnerable to Spectre variant 1 CVE-2017-5753 - (boo#1075748)

Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.12.html

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 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the WCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c by validating the available buffer length. (CVE-2018-5335)

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

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 2.2.12. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.2.12 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the JSON, XML, NTP, XMPP, and GDB dissectors could crash.
    This was addressed in epan/tvbparse.c by limiting the recursion depth. (CVE-2018-5336)

  - In Wireshark before 2.2.12, the MRDISC dissector misuses a NULL pointer and crashes. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-mrdisc.c by validating an IPv4 address. This vulnerability is similar to     CVE-2017-9343. (CVE-2017-17997)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the IxVeriWave file parser could crash. This was     addressed in wiretap/vwr.c by correcting the signature timestamp bounds checks. (CVE-2018-5334)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.3 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.11, the WCP dissector could crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-wcp.c by validating the available buffer length. (CVE-2018-5335)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
106142	Wireshark 2.4.x < 2.4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	1/18/2018	5/1/2026	high
108674	Fedora 27 : 1:wireshark (2018-cdf3f8e8b0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	3/28/2018	12/3/2024	critical
106415	Debian DSA-4101-1 : wireshark - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	1/29/2018	10/31/2025	high
106342	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0191-1) (Spectre)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/25/2018	10/31/2025	medium
311417	Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	5/1/2026	5/1/2026	high
106408	Debian DLA-1258-1 : wireshark security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	1/29/2018	10/31/2025	high
120757	Fedora 28 : 1:wireshark (2018-bfdad62cd6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/3/2019	7/1/2024	critical
106141	Wireshark 2.4.x < 2.4.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	1/18/2018	5/1/2026	high
106293	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0179-1) (Spectre)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/24/2018	10/31/2025	medium
106061	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2018-32) (Spectre)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/16/2018	11/3/2025	medium
221925	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2018-5335	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/15/2025	medium
311418	Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.12 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	5/1/2026	5/1/2026	high

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