6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.009 Low
EPSS
Percentile
82.8%
Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801756");
script_version("2024-02-08T14:36:53+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 14:36:53 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-03-09 16:08:21 +0100 (Wed, 09 Mar 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1138");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_name("Wireshark DoS Vulnerability (Mar 2011) - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5722");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of
service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.4.0 through 1.4.3");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to 'Off-by-one' error in the dissect_6lowpan_iphc
function in packet-6lowpan.c");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.4");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS) vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
wiresharkVer = get_kb_item("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
if(!wiresharkVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:wiresharkVer, test_version:"1.4.0", test_version2:"1.4.3")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:wiresharkVer, vulnerable_range:"1.4.0 - 1.4.3");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}