7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
29.4%
Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
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CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124295");
script_version("2023-10-13T05:06:10+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-10-13 05:06:10 +0000 (Fri, 13 Oct 2023)");
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 Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/MacOSX/Version");
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( data: report, port: 0 );
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( data: report, port: 0 );
exit( 0 );
}
exit( 99 );
7.1 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H
6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.001 Low
EPSS
Percentile
29.4%