The host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of
service vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_wireshark_dissector_dos_vuln_win_may11.nasl 11997 2018-10-20 11:59:41Z mmartin $
#
# Wireshark X.509if Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
#
# 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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if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801785");
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:"2011-05-16 15:25:30 +0200 (Mon, 16 May 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1590");
script_bugtraq_id(47392);
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 X.509if Dissector Denial of service vulnerability (Windows)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022");
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
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 attackers to cause a denial of service via
a crafted .pcap file.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.2.0 through 1.2.15
Wireshark version 1.4.0 through 1.4.4");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by an error in the 'X.509if' dissector when processing
malformed data, which could be exploited to crash an affected application.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.5 or 1.2.16 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of
service vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/download.html");
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:"1.2.0", test_version2:"1.2.15")||
version_in_range(version:wiresharkVer, test_version:"1.4.0", test_version2:"1.4.4")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}