There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0, the NCP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a malformed capture
    file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/CMakeLists.txt by registering this dissector. (CVE-2016-7958)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0, the Bluetooth L2CAP dissector could crash, triggered by packet injection or a
    malformed capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btl2cap.c by avoiding use of a seven-
    byte memcmp for potentially shorter strings. (CVE-2016-7957)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, the Profinet I/O dissector could loop excessively, triggered by network
    traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in plugins/profinet/packet-pn-rtc-one.c by rejecting input
    with too many I/O objects. (CVE-2016-9372)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DCERPC dissector could crash with a use-after-free,
    triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-nt.c
    and epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c by using the wmem file scope for private strings.
    (CVE-2016-9373)

Wireshark project reports :

Wireshark project is releasing Wireshark 2.2.2, which addresses :

- wnpa-sec-2016-58: Profinet I/O long loop - CVE-2016-9372

- wnpa-sec-2016-59: AllJoyn crash - CVE-2016-9374

- wnpa-sec-2016-60: OpenFlow crash - CVE-2016-9376

- wnpa-sec-2016-61: DCERPC crash - CVE-2016-9373

- wnpa-sec-2016-62: DTN infinite loop - CVE-2016-9375

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

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, the Profinet I/O dissector could loop excessively, triggered by network     traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in plugins/profinet/packet-pn-rtc-one.c by rejecting input     with too many I/O objects. (CVE-2016-9372)

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

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 2.2.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.2.2 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the OpenFlow dissector could crash with memory exhaustion,     triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c     by ensuring that certain length values were sufficiently large. (CVE-2016-9376)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, the Profinet I/O dissector could loop excessively, triggered by network     traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in plugins/profinet/packet-pn-rtc-one.c by rejecting input     with too many I/O objects. (CVE-2016-9372)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the AllJoyn dissector could crash with a buffer over-read,     triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-alljoyn.c by     ensuring that a length variable properly tracked the state of a signature variable. (CVE-2016-9374)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DCERPC dissector could crash with a use-after-free,     triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-nt.c     and epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c by using the wmem file scope for private strings.
    (CVE-2016-9373)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DTN dissector could go into an infinite loop,     triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dtn.c by     checking whether SDNV evaluation was successful. (CVE-2016-9375)

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

This update to wireshark 2.2.2 fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2016-9372: Profinet I/O long loop (boo#1010807)

  - CVE-2016-9374: AllJoyn crash (boo#1010752)

  - CVE-2016-9376: OpenFlow crash (boo#1010735)

  - CVE-2016-9373: DCERPC crash (boo#1010754)

  - CVE-2016-9375: DTN infinite loop (boo#1010740)

This update also contains urther bug fixes and updated protocol support as listed in:
https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.2.2.html

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 2.2.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.2.2 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the OpenFlow dissector could crash with memory exhaustion,     triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c     by ensuring that certain length values were sufficiently large. (CVE-2016-9376)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1, the Profinet I/O dissector could loop excessively, triggered by network     traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in plugins/profinet/packet-pn-rtc-one.c by rejecting input     with too many I/O objects. (CVE-2016-9372)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the AllJoyn dissector could crash with a buffer over-read,     triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-alljoyn.c by     ensuring that a length variable properly tracked the state of a signature variable. (CVE-2016-9374)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DCERPC dissector could crash with a use-after-free,     triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-nt.c     and epan/dissectors/packet-dcerpc-spoolss.c by using the wmem file scope for private strings.
    (CVE-2016-9373)

  - In Wireshark 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7, the DTN dissector could go into an infinite loop,     triggered by network traffic or a capture file. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dtn.c by     checking whether SDNV evaluation was successful. (CVE-2016-9375)

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
400919	Alpine: tshark, multiple wireshark packages: security update to 2.2.0-r1 (deprecated)	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	8/16/2023	7/2/2026	high
400919	Alpine: tshark, multiple wireshark packages: security update to 2.2.0-r1 (deprecated)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	8/16/2023	7/2/2026	high
95451	FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (7fff2b16-b0ee-11e6-86b8-589cfc054129)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	12/1/2016	1/15/2026	medium
220053	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-9372	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	7/28/2026	medium
95435	Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	12/1/2016	5/1/2026	medium
95395	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-2016-2923)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	11/29/2016	1/15/2026	medium
311463	Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	5/1/2026	5/1/2026	medium

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