The host is installed Wireshark and is prone to Denial of
Service Vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_wireshark_dos_vuln_lin.nasl 11997 2018-10-20 11:59:41Z mmartin $
#
# Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
#
# Authors:
# Madhuri D <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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CPE = 'cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark';
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801743");
script_version("$Revision: 11997 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-10-20 13:59:41 +0200 (Sat, 20 Oct 2018) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-02-15 08:14:35 +0100 (Tue, 15 Feb 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-0538");
script_bugtraq_id(46167);
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)");
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/Linux/Ver");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/02/04/1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5652");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause a denial
of service, execution of arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.4.3 and prior Wireshark version 1.5.0");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to uninitialized pointer during processing of a
'.pcap' file in the pcap-ng format.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.2.15, 1.4.4 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The host is installed Wireshark and is prone to Denial of
Service Vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/download.html");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!ver = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)) exit(0);
if(version_is_less_equal(version:ver, test_version:"1.4.3")||
version_is_equal(version:ver, test_version:"1.5.0")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:ver, fixed_version:"1.2.15/1.4.4/1.5.1");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);