The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.14 or 2.2.x prior to 2.2.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DAAP     dissector, specifically in the dissect_daap_one_tag()     function within file epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     exhaust stack resources through uncontrolled recursion.
    (CVE-2017-9617)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the DOCSIS     dissector, specifically in the dissect_docsis() function     within file plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to consume     available CPU resources, resulting in a denial of     service condition. (CVE-2017-11406)

  - A memory allocation issue exists in the MQ dissector,     specifically in the reassemble_mq() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-mq.c, due to improper validation     of fragment lengths before attempting reassembly. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause a     denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-11407)

  - A flaw exists in the AMQP dissector, specifically in     the get_amqp_1_0_value_formatter() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-amqp.c, when decoding lists.
    An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this,     via a specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause     a stack overflow, resulting in a denial of service     condition. (CVE-2017-11408)

  - A large loop condition exists in the GPRS LLC dissector,     specifically in the llc_gprs_dissect_xid() function     within file epan/dissectors/packet-gprs-llc.c, when     handling specially crafted packet or trace files. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     cause a denial of service condition. Note that this     issue only applies to version 2.0.x. (CVE-2017-11409)

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 Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.14 or 2.2.x prior to 2.2.8. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

  - A denial of service vulnerability exists in the DAAP     dissector, specifically in the dissect_daap_one_tag()     function within file epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     exhaust stack resources through uncontrolled recursion.
    (CVE-2017-9617)

  - An infinite loop condition exists in the DOCSIS     dissector, specifically in the dissect_docsis() function     within file plugins/docsis/packet-docsis.c. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to consume     available CPU resources, resulting in a denial of     service condition. (CVE-2017-11406)

  - A memory allocation issue exists in the MQ dissector,     specifically in the reassemble_mq() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-mq.c, due to improper validation     of fragment lengths before attempting reassembly. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, via a     specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause a     denial of service condition. (CVE-2017-11407)

  - A flaw exists in the AMQP dissector, specifically in     the get_amqp_1_0_value_formatter() function within file     epan/dissectors/packet-amqp.c, when decoding lists.
    An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this,     via a specially crafted packet or packet trace, to cause     a stack overflow, resulting in a denial of service     condition. (CVE-2017-11408)

  - A large loop condition exists in the GPRS LLC dissector,     specifically in the llc_gprs_dissect_xid() function     within file epan/dissectors/packet-gprs-llc.c, when     handling specially crafted packet or trace files. An     unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to     cause a denial of service condition. Note that this     issue only applies to version 2.0.x. (CVE-2017-11409)

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

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.11 fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-13767: The MSDP dissector could have gone into     an infinite loop. This was addressed by adding length     validation (bsc#1056248)

  - CVE-2017-13766: The Profinet I/O dissector could have     crash with an out-of-bounds write. This was addressed by     adding string validation (bsc#1056249)

  - CVE-2017-13765: The IrCOMM dissector had a buffer     over-read and application crash. This was addressed by     adding length validation (bsc#1056251)

  - CVE-2017-9766: PROFINET IO data with a high recursion     depth allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (stack exhaustion) in the dissect_IODWriteReq     function (bsc#1045341)

  - CVE-2017-9617: Deeply nested DAAP data may have cause     stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the     dissect_daap_one_tag function in the DAAP dissector     (bsc#1044417)

  - CVE-2017-15192: 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. (bsc#1062645)

  - CVE-2017-15193: The MBIM dissector could crash or     exhaust system memory. This was addressed in     epan/dissectors/packet-mbim.c by changing the     memory-allocation approach. (bsc#1062645)

  - CVE-2017-15191: The DMP dissector could crash. This was     addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-dmp.c by validating     a string length. (bsc#1062645)

  - CVE-2017-17083: NetBIOS dissector could crash. This was     addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-netbios.c by     ensuring that write operations are bounded by the     beginning of a buffer. (bsc#1070727)

  - CVE-2017-17084: IWARP_MPA dissector could crash. This     was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-iwarp-mpa.c by     validating a ULPDU length. (bsc#1070727)

  - CVE-2017-17085: the CIP Safety dissector could crash.
    This was addressed in epan/dissectors/packet-cipsafety.c     by validating the packet length. (bsc#1070727)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Removing dependency on wireshark metapackage from wireshark-cli

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Added wireshark-qt to wireshark metapackage

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  - New version 2.4.5

  - Contains fixes for CVE-2018-7419, CVE-2018-7418,     CVE-2018-7417, CVE-2018-7420, CVE-2018-7320,     CVE-2018-7336, CVE-2018-7337, CVE-2018-7334,     CVE-2018-7335, CVE-2018-6836, CVE-2018-5335,     CVE-2018-5334, CVE-2017-6014, CVE-2017-9616,     CVE-2017-9617, CVE-2017-9766

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 2.2.7, deeply nested DAAP data may cause stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the     dissect_daap_one_tag function in epan/dissectors/packet-daap.c in the DAAP dissector. (CVE-2017-9617)

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

This update for wireshark to version 2.2.9 fixes several issues. These security issues were fixed :

  - CVE-2017-13767: The MSDP dissector could have gone into     an infinite loop. This was addressed by adding length     validation (bsc#1056248).

  - CVE-2017-13766: The Profinet I/O dissector could have     crash with an out-of-bounds write. This was addressed by     adding string validation (bsc#1056249).

  - CVE-2017-13765: The IrCOMM dissector had a buffer     over-read and application crash. This was addressed by     adding length validation (bsc#1056251).

  - CVE-2017-9766: PROFINET IO data with a high recursion     depth allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of     service (stack exhaustion) in the dissect_IODWriteReq     function (bsc#1045341).

  - CVE-2017-9617: Deeply nested DAAP data may have cause     stack exhaustion (uncontrolled recursion) in the     dissect_daap_one_tag function in the DAAP dissector     (bsc#1044417).

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
101897	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.14 / 2.2.x < 2.2.8 Multiple DoS (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	7/21/2017	12/9/2025	high
101898	Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.14 / 2.2.x < 2.2.8 Multiple DoS	Nessus	Windows	7/21/2017	12/9/2025	high
105720	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2018:0054-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	1/10/2018	11/6/2025	high
108674	Fedora 27 : 1:wireshark (2018-cdf3f8e8b0)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	3/28/2018	12/3/2024	critical
221340	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-9617	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	10/13/2025	medium
120757	Fedora 28 : 1:wireshark (2018-bfdad62cd6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/3/2019	7/1/2024	critical
103455	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : wireshark (SUSE-SU-2017:2555-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	9/25/2017	11/20/2025	high

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