The installed version of Wireshark is 1.6.x before 1.6.10.  This version is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

  - The 'DCP ETSI' dissector can attempt a divide by zero     operation leading to an application crash.     (CVE-2012-4285)

  - The 'XTP', 'AFP', and 'CTDB' dissectors can be caused     to large or infinite loops. (CVE-2012-4288,     CVE-2012-4289, CVE-2012-4290)

  - The 'CIP' dissector can be caused to exhaust system     memory. (CVE-2012-4291)

  - The 'STUN' dissector can be caused to crash.     (CVE-2012-4292)

  - The 'EtherCAT Mailbox' dissector can be caused to     abort. (CVE-2012-4293)

  - A buffer overflow exists related to the 'RTPS2'     and 'GSM RLC MAC' dissectors. (CVE-2012-4296     CVE-2012-4297)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0125 advisory.

    Wireshark, previously known as Ethereal, is a network protocol analyzer. It     is used to capture and browse the traffic running on a computer network.

    A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Wireshark handled     Endace ERF (Extensible Record Format) capture files. If Wireshark opened a     specially-crafted ERF capture file, it could crash or, possibly, execute     arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2011-4102)

    Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could     crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or     opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2011-1958, CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2175,     CVE-2011-2698, CVE-2012-0041, CVE-2012-0042, CVE-2012-0066, CVE-2012-0067,     CVE-2012-4285, CVE-2012-4289, CVE-2012-4290, CVE-2012-4291)

    The CVE-2011-1958, CVE-2011-1959, CVE-2011-2175, and CVE-2011-4102 issues     were discovered by Huzaifa Sidhpurwala of the Red Hat Security Response     Team.

    This update also fixes the following bugs:

    * When Wireshark starts with the X11 protocol being tunneled through an SSH     connection, it automatically prepares its capture filter to omit the SSH     packets. If the SSH connection was to a link-local IPv6 address including     an interface name (for example ssh -X [ipv6addr]%eth0), Wireshark parsed     this address erroneously, constructed an incorrect capture filter and     refused to capture packets. The Invalid capture filter message was     displayed. With this update, parsing of link-local IPv6 addresses is fixed     and Wireshark correctly prepares a capture filter to omit SSH packets over     a link-local IPv6 connection. (BZ#438473)

    * Previously, Wireshark's column editing dialog malformed column names when     they were selected. With this update, the dialog is fixed and no longer     breaks column names. (BZ#493693)

    * Previously, TShark, the console packet analyzer, did not properly analyze     the exit code of Dumpcap, Wireshark's packet capturing back end. As a     result, TShark returned exit code 0 when Dumpcap failed to parse its     command-line arguments. In this update, TShark correctly propagates the     Dumpcap exit code and returns a non-zero exit code when Dumpcap fails.
    (BZ#580510)

    * Previously, the TShark -s (snapshot length) option worked only for a     value greater than 68 bytes. If a lower value was specified, TShark     captured just 68 bytes of incoming packets. With this update, the -s     option is fixed and sizes lower than 68 bytes work as expected. (BZ#580513)

    This update also adds the following enhancement:

    * In this update, support for the NetDump protocol was added. (BZ#484999)

    All users of Wireshark are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,     which contain backported patches to correct these issues and add this     enhancement. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the     update to take effect.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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 Oracle Linux 5 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2013-0125 advisory.

    - fixed CVE-2012-4285, CVE-2012-4289, CVE-2012-4291 and CVE-2012-4290       (#849521)
    - fixed various flaws: CVE-2011-1959 CVE-2011-2175 CVE-2011-1958       CVE-2011-2698 CVE-2011-4102 CVE-2012-0041 CVE-2012-0042 CVE-2012-0066       CVE-2012-0067

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

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

Two flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark.
(CVE-2013-3559, CVE-2013-4083)

Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a network, or opened a malicious dump file. (CVE-2012-2392, CVE-2012-3825, CVE-2012-4285, CVE-2012-4288, CVE-2012-4289, CVE-2012-4290, CVE-2012-4291, CVE-2012-4292, CVE-2012-5595, CVE-2012-5597, CVE-2012-5598, CVE-2012-5599, CVE-2012-5600, CVE-2012-6056, CVE-2012-6059, CVE-2012-6060, CVE-2012-6061, CVE-2012-6062, CVE-2013-3557, CVE-2013-3561, CVE-2013-4081, CVE-2013-4927, CVE-2013-4931, CVE-2013-4932, CVE-2013-4933, CVE-2013-4934, CVE-2013-4935, CVE-2013-4936, CVE-2013-5721)

The wireshark packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.8.10, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions. For more information on the bugs fixed, enhancements included, and supported protocols introduced, refer to the Wireshark Release Notes.

This update also fixes the following bugs :

  - Previously, Wireshark did not parse the RECLAIM-COMPLETE     opcode when inspecting traffic generated by NFSv4.1. A     patch has been provided to enable the parsing of the     RECLAIM_COMPLETE opcode, and Wireshark is now able to     properly dissect and handle NFSv4.1 traffic.

  - Prior to this update, frame arrival times in a text file     were reported one hour ahead from the timestamps in the     packet capture file. This resulted in various failures     being reported by the dfilter-test.py test suite. To fix     this bug, frame arrival timestamps have been shifted by     one hour, thus fixing this bug.

  - The 'tshark -D' command returned output to STDERR     instead of STDOUT, which could break scripts that are     parsing the 'tshark -D' output. This bug has been fixed,     and the 'tshark -D' command now writes output data to a     correct standard stream.

  - Due to an array overrun, Wireshark could experience     undefined program behavior or could unexpectedly     terminate. With this update, proper array handling     ensures Wireshark no longer crashes in the described     scenario.

  - Previously, the dftest and randpkt command line     utilities lacked manual pages. This update adds proper     manual pages for both utilities.

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements :

  - With this update, Wireshark is able to properly dissect     and handle InfiniBand and GlusterFS traffic.

All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
61572	Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	8/17/2012	3/30/2026	high
63408	RHEL 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2013:0125)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	1/8/2013	11/4/2024	high
68696	Oracle Linux 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2013-0125)	Nessus	Oracle Linux Local Security Checks	7/12/2013	10/22/2024	high
71301	Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20131121)	Nessus	Scientific Linux Local Security Checks	12/10/2013	1/14/2021	high

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