6.6 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
0.907 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.8%
Wireshark is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801828");
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:"2011-01-27 07:47:27 +0100 (Thu, 27 Jan 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-4538");
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 ENTTEC DMX Data RLE Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/42767");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45634");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5539");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to create a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.4.2.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by a boundary error in the 'dissect_enttec_dmx_data()'
function when processing RLE Compressed DMX data of the ENTTEC protocol
which can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted packet.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the latest version of Wireshark 1.4.3.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
sharkVer = get_kb_item("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
if(!sharkVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_equal(version:sharkVer, test_version:"1.4.2")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:sharkVer, vulnerable_range:"Equal to 1.4.2");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}