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Debian DSA-1446-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities

2008-01-0400:00:00
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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");
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxwiresharkp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:wireshark
debiandebian_linux3.1cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1
debiandebian_linux4.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

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