Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark network traffic analyzer, which may lead to denial of service. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :
CVE-2007-6450 The RPL dissector could be tricked into an infinite loop.
CVE-2007-6451 The CIP dissector could be tricked into excessive memory allocation.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1446. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(29840);
script_version("1.22");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2007-6111", "CVE-2007-6112", "CVE-2007-6113", "CVE-2007-6114", "CVE-2007-6115", "CVE-2007-6116", "CVE-2007-6117", "CVE-2007-6118", "CVE-2007-6119", "CVE-2007-6120", "CVE-2007-6121", "CVE-2007-6438", "CVE-2007-6439", "CVE-2007-6441", "CVE-2007-6450", "CVE-2007-6451");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1446");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1446-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Wireshark
network traffic analyzer, which may lead to denial of service. The
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following
problems :
- CVE-2007-6450
The RPL dissector could be tricked into an infinite
loop.
- CVE-2007-6451
The CIP dissector could be tricked into excessive memory
allocation."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6450"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6451"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1446"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the wireshark packages.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), these problems have been
fixed in version 0.10.10-2sarge11. (In Sarge Wireshark used to be
called Ethereal).
For the stable distribution (etch), these problems have been fixed in
version 0.99.4-5.etch.2."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_cwe_id(20, 119, 189, 264, 399);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2007/11/23");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/01/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/01/04");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"ethereal", reference:"0.10.10-2sarge11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"ethereal-common", reference:"0.10.10-2sarge11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"ethereal-dev", reference:"0.10.10-2sarge11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"tethereal", reference:"0.10.10-2sarge11")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"ethereal", reference:"0.99.4-5.etch.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"ethereal-common", reference:"0.99.4-5.etch.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"ethereal-dev", reference:"0.99.4-5.etch.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"tethereal", reference:"0.99.4-5.etch.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"tshark", reference:"0.99.4-5.etch.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"wireshark", reference:"0.99.4-5.etch.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"wireshark-common", reference:"0.99.4-5.etch.2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"wireshark-dev", reference:"0.99.4-5.etch.2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_hole(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | wireshark | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark |
debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1 |
debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0 |
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6111
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6112
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6113
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6114
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6115
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6116
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6117
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6118
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6119
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6120
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6121
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6438
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6439
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6441
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6450
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6451
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6450
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-6451
www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1446