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Wireshark Security Update (wnpa-sec-2023-08) - Mac OS X

🗓️ 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AGType 
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Wireshark DoS vulnerability fix for Mac OS

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124295");
  script_version("2024-07-24T05:06:37+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-07-24 05:06:37 +0000 (Wed, 24 Jul 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2023-03-10 11:21:47 +0000 (Fri, 10 Mar 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"8.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2023-03-21 16:21:00 +0000 (Tue, 21 Mar 2023)");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-1161");

  script_name("Wireshark Security Update (wnpa-sec-2023-08) - Mac OS X");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2023 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/macosx/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

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

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"This issue occurs when decoding malformed packets from a pcap
  file or from the network, causing an out-of-bounds write, resulting in a Denial of Service and
  limited memory corruption.");

  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.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 3.6.0 through 3.6.11, 4.0 through 4.0.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 3.6.12, 4.0.4 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2023-08.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2023-1161");

  exit(0);
}

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

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

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

if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"3.6.0", test_version2:"3.6.11" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"3.6.12", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

if( version_in_range( version:version, test_version:"4.0", test_version2:"4.0.3" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"4.0.4", install_path:location );
  security_message( port:0, data:report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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10 Mar 2023 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS36.3 - 7.1
EPSS0.001
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