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.

Wireshark was updated to 1.12.10, fixing a number issues in protocol dissectors that could have allowed a remote attacker to crash Wireshark or cause excessive CPU usage through specially crafted packages inserted into the network or a capture file, specifically :

  - CVE-2016-2523: DNP dissector infinite loop     (wnpa-sec-2016-03)

  - CVE-2016-2530: RSL dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-10)

  - CVE-2016-2531: RSL dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-10)

  - CVE-2016-2532: LLRP dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-11)

  - GSM A-bis OML dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-14)

  - ASN.1 BER dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-15)

  - ASN.1 BER dissector crash (wnpa-sec-2016-18)

Further bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.12.10.html

The following non-security bugs were fixed :

  - boo#961170: Recommend wireshark-ui instead of requiring     it to support text-only used

CVE-2015-8711

epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate conversation data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8714 The dissect_dcom_OBJREF function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcom.c in the DCOM dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not initialize a certain IPv4 data structure, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8716 The init_t38_info_conv function in epan/dissectors/packet-t38.c in the T.38 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not ensure that a conversation exists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8717 The dissect_sdp function in epan/dissectors/packet-sdp.c in the SDP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 does not prevent use of a negative media count, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8718 Double free vulnerability in epan/dissectors/packet-nlm.c in the NLM dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1, when the 'Match MSG/RES packets for async NLM' option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8720 The dissect_ber_GeneralizedTime function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c in the BER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 improperly checks an sscanf return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8721 Buffer overflow in the tvb_uncompress function in epan/tvbuff_zlib.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet with zlib compression.

CVE-2015-8723 The AirPDcapPacketProcess function in epan/crypt/airpdcap.c in the 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationship between the total length and the capture length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8725 The dissect_diameter_base_framed_ipv6_prefix function in epan/dissectors/packet-diameter.c in the DIAMETER dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the IPv6 prefix length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8729 The ascend_seek function in wiretap/ascendtext.c in the Ascend file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not ensure the presence of a '\0' character at the end of a date string, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

CVE-2015-8730 epan/dissectors/packet-nbap.c in the NBAP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the number of items, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read operation and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2015-8733 The ngsniffer_process_record function in wiretap/ngsniffer.c in the Sniffer file parser in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 does not validate the relationships between record lengths and record header lengths, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted file.

CVE-2016-2523 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-2016-4006 epan/proto.c in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not limit the protocol-tree depth, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack memory consumption and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4078 The IEEE 802.11 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not properly restrict element lists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (deep recursion and application crash) via a crafted packet, related to epan/dissectors/packet-capwap.c and epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c.

CVE-2016-4079 epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c in the PKTC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not verify BER identifiers, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4080 epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c in the PKTC dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 misparses timestamp fields, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4081 epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c in the IAX2 dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 uses an incorrect integer data type, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted packet.

CVE-2016-4085 Stack-based buffer overflow in epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc in the NCP dissector in Wireshark 1.12.x before 1.12.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a long string in a packet.

Impact

If Wireshark is launched manually by a user with Advanced Shell ( bash ) access, dissection of specially crafted packets could cause Wireshark to consume excessive resources. Wireshark is not part of normal BIG-IP operation; only users who actively run Wireshark are vulnerable.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201604-05 (Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Wireshark. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Remote attackers could cause Denial of Service and local attackers could       escalate privileges.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

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

  - 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)

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

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in the dissectors/parsers for DNP, RSL, LLRP, GSM A-bis OML, ASN 1 BER which could result in denial of service.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
89102	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	3/3/2016	8/31/2026	high
89715	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2016-301)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/7/2016	1/19/2021	medium
91838	F5 Networks BIG-IP : Multiple Wireshark (tshark) vulnerabilities (K01837042)	Nessus	F5 Networks Local Security Checks	6/27/2016	1/4/2019	medium
90744	GLSA-201604-05 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	4/27/2016	1/11/2021	high
219371	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-2523	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	7/28/2026	medium
89878	Debian DSA-3516-1 : wireshark - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	3/14/2016	1/11/2021	medium

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