The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 2.4.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.4.2 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, the MBIM dissector could crash or exhaust system memory.
    This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mbim.c by changing the memory-allocation approach.
    (CVE-2017-15193)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by considering a case where not all of the BTATT packets have the same     encapsulation level. (CVE-2017-15192)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.15, the DMP dissector could crash. This was     addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dmp.c by validating a string length. (CVE-2017-15191)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the RTSP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-     rtsp.c by correcting the scope of a variable. (CVE-2017-15190)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in     plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by adding decrements. (CVE-2017-15189)

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

wireshark developers reports :

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by adding decrements.

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the RTSP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-rtsp.c by correcting the scope of a variable.

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.15, the DMP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dmp.c by validating a string length.

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by considering a case where not all of the BTATT packets have the same encapsulation level.

In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, the MBIM dissector could crash or exhaust system memory. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mbim.c by changing the memory-allocation approach.

New version 2.4.2, fixes CVE-2017-15189, CVE-2017-15190, CVE-2017-15191, CVE-2017-15192, CVE-2017-15193, CVE-2017-13764, CVE-2017-13765, CVE-2017-13766, CVE-2017-13767

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.

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 2.4.1, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in     plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by adding decrements. (CVE-2017-15189)

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 2.4.2. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-2.4.2 advisory.

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, the MBIM dissector could crash or exhaust system memory.
    This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-mbim.c by changing the memory-allocation approach.
    (CVE-2017-15193)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1 and 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, the BT ATT dissector could crash. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-btatt.c by considering a case where not all of the BTATT packets have the same     encapsulation level. (CVE-2017-15192)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, 2.2.0 to 2.2.9, and 2.0.0 to 2.0.15, the DMP dissector could crash. This was     addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dmp.c by validating a string length. (CVE-2017-15191)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the RTSP dissector could crash. This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-     rtsp.c by correcting the scope of a variable. (CVE-2017-15190)

  - In Wireshark 2.4.0 to 2.4.1, the DOCSIS dissector could go into an infinite loop. This was addressed in     plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c by adding decrements. (CVE-2017-15189)

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
103986	Wireshark 2.4.x < 2.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	10/19/2017	5/1/2026	high
104265	FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple security issues (4684a426-774d-4390-aa19-b8dd481c4c94)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	10/31/2017	11/17/2025	high
105941	Fedora 27 : 1:wireshark (2017-9fd430dba0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/15/2018	11/4/2025	high
220838	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-15189	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	9/15/2025	high
103983	Wireshark 2.4.x < 2.4.2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	10/19/2017	5/1/2026	high

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