The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7552-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle recursion. If a user or system were tricked into     opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
    This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
    (CVE-2021-39929)

    Roman Donchenko discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing certain files. If a user or     system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-4182)

    It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing certain files. If a user or system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial     of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04     LTS. (CVE-2021-4185, CVE-2022-0581)

    It was discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing certain files. If a user or system were     tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial     of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2021-4186)

    Sharon Brizinov discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing certain files. If a user or     system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS     and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0582, CVE-2022-0583, CVE-2022-0586)

    Sharon Brizinov discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing certain files. If a user or     system were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to     cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-0585)

    Jason Cohen discovered that Wireshark did not correctly handle parsing certain files. If a user or system     were tricked into opening a specially crafted file, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a     denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-3190)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

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

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2023-5630:01 advisory.

    * wireshark: f5ethtrailer Infinite loop in legacy style dissector (CVE-2022-3190)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.

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

An update of the wireshark package has been released.

The remote Fedora 36 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-1f2fbb087e advisory.

    New version 3.6.10



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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

The remote Fedora 37 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2022-9d4aa8a486 advisory.

    New version 4.0.2



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

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 / Mac OS X host is prior to 3.6.8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the wireshark-3.6.8 advisory.

  - The F5 Ethernet Trailer dissector could go into an infinite loop. It may be possible to make Wireshark     consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to     read a malformed packet trace file. (wireshark-bug-18307)

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

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2022-2022-244 advisory.

  - Infinite loop in the F5 Ethernet Trailer protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.7 and 3.4.0 to     3.4.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-3190)

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

The version of wireshark installed on the remote CBL Mariner 2.0 host is prior to tested version. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CVE-2022-3190 advisory.

  - Infinite loop in the F5 Ethernet Trailer protocol dissector in Wireshark 3.6.0 to 3.6.7 and 3.4.0 to     3.4.15 allows denial of service via packet injection or crafted capture file (CVE-2022-3190)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
237869	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Wireshark vulnerabilities (USN-7552-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	6/5/2025	6/5/2025	critical
292434	MiracleLinux 9 : wireshark-3.4.10-4.el9 (AXSA:2023-5630:01)	Nessus	Miracle Linux Local Security Checks	1/20/2026	2/5/2026	medium
203327	Photon OS 4.0: Wireshark PHSA-2022-4.0-0256	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/23/2024	7/24/2024	medium
169225	Fedora 36 : wireshark (2022-1f2fbb087e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	12/23/2022	11/15/2024	critical
211019	Fedora 37 : wireshark (2022-9d4aa8a486)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	11/14/2024	11/15/2024	critical
164830	Wireshark 3.6.x < 3.6.8 A Vulnerability (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	9/7/2022	3/30/2026	medium
204055	Photon OS 3.0: Wireshark PHSA-2022-3.0-0470	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/24/2024	7/25/2024	medium
168546	Amazon Linux 2022 : wireshark (ALAS2022-2022-244)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	12/9/2022	12/17/2024	medium
173550	CBL Mariner 2.0 Security Update: wireshark (CVE-2022-3190)	Nessus	MarinerOS Local Security Checks	3/28/2023	8/29/2023	medium

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