Wireshark ASN.1 BER Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801833");
  script_version("2026-06-11T07:15:11+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-06-11 07:15:11 +0000 (Thu, 11 Jun 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-01-31 05:37:34 +0100 (Mon, 31 Jan 2011)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-0445");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_name("Wireshark ASN.1 BER Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/64625");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45775");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0079");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-02.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5537");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/windows/detected");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to create a denial of service.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark versions 1.4.0 through 1.4.2.");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by an assertion error in the ASN.1 BER dissector, which
  could be exploited to crash an affected application.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the latest version of Wireshark 1.4.3 or later.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if(version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"1.4.0", test_version2:"1.4.2")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, vulnerable_range:"1.4.0 - 1.4.2", install_path:location);
  security_message(port:0, data:report);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);