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Wireshark Security Updates (wnpa-sec-2018-05 to -14) Mac OS X

🗓️ 26 Feb 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Wireshark Security Updates (wnpa-sec-2018-05 to -14) for Mac OS X. Vulnerabilities impact Wireshark version 2.4.x to 2.4.4, 2.2.x to 2.2.12 on Mac OS X

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.112243");
  script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-7421", "CVE-2018-7419", "CVE-2018-7420", "CVE-2018-7418", "CVE-2018-7417",
                "CVE-2018-7337", "CVE-2018-7335", "CVE-2018-7336", "CVE-2018-7334", "CVE-2018-7332",
                "CVE-2018-7333", "CVE-2018-7330", "CVE-2018-7331", "CVE-2018-7328", "CVE-2018-7329",
                "CVE-2018-7326", "CVE-2018-7327", "CVE-2018-7324", "CVE-2018-7325", "CVE-2018-7323",
                "CVE-2018-7321", "CVE-2018-7322", "CVE-2018-7320");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-10-28 19:42:00 +0000 (Wed, 28 Oct 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-02-26 09:15:00 +0100 (Mon, 26 Feb 2018)");

  script_name("Wireshark Security Updates (wnpa-sec-2018-05 to -14) Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following flaws exist:

  - The IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-05).

  - Multiple dissectors could go into large infinite loops. All ASN.1 BER dissectors, along with the DICOM, DMP, LLTD,
      OpenFlow, RELOAD, RPCoRDMA, RPKI-Router, S7COMM, SCCP, Thread, Thrift, USB, and WCCP dissectors were susceptible (wnpa-sec-2018-06).

  - The UMTS MAC dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-07).

  - The DOCSIS dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-08).

  - The FCP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-09).

  - The SIGCOMP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-10).

  - The pcapng file parser could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-11).

  - The IPMI dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-12).

  - The SIGCOMP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-13).

  - The NBAP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2018-14)");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet
  onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file (wnpa-sec-2018-05, -07 to -14).

  It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting
  a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file (wnpa-sec-2018-06).");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 2.4.x to 2.4.4, 2.2.x to 2.2.12 on
  Mac OS X.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.4.5, 2.2.12 or
  later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-05");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-06");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-07");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-08");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-09");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-10");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-11");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-12");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-13");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-14");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/macosx/detected");
  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"2.2.0", test_version2:"2.2.12")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.2.13", install_path:path);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

if (version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"2.4.0", test_version2:"2.4.4")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.4.5", install_path:path);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

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