The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.16. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the DMP dissector. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.
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# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(103984);
script_version("1.6");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/05/25");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-15191");
script_bugtraq_id(101227);
script_name(english:"Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.16 DMP dissector DoS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"An application installed on the remote Windows host is affected by a vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is
2.0.x prior to 2.0.16. It is, therefore, affected by a denial
of service vulnerability in the DMP dissector. An unauthenticated,
remote attacker can exploit this by injecting a malformed packet
onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet
trace file.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead
relied only on the application's self-reported version number.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.0.16.html");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://gitlab.com/wireshark/wireshark/-/issues/14068");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-44");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.0.16 or later.");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-15191");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/10/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/10/10");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/10/19");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Windows");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("wireshark_installed.nasl");
script_require_keys("installed_sw/Wireshark", "SMB/Registry/Enumerated");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/Registry/Enumerated');
var app_info = vcf::get_app_info(app:'Wireshark', win_local:TRUE);
var constraints = [
{ 'min_version' : '2.0.0', 'max_version' : '2.0.15', 'fixed_version' : '2.0.16' }
];
vcf::check_version_and_report(app_info:app_info, constraints:constraints, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);