6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.964 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.6%
Wireshark is prone to Denial of Service and buffer overflow 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801786");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-05-16 15:25:30 +0200 (Mon, 16 May 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1591", "CVE-2011-1592");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_name("Wireshark Denial of Service and Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/44172");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47392");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/66834");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-06.html");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to overflow a buffer and
execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.4.0 through 1.4.4");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws are due to:
- a buffer overflow error in the 'DECT' dissector when processing malformed
data, which could allow code execution via malformed packets or a malicious
PCAP file.
- an error in the 'NFS' 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 later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to Denial of Service and buffer overflow 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:"1.4.4")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:wiresharkVer, vulnerable_range:"1.4.0 - 1.4.4");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}