CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack 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
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
75.8%
Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802766");
script_version("2024-07-22T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2698");
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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-07-22 05:05:40 +0000 (Mon, 22 Jul 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-05-02 16:03:18 +0530 (Wed, 02 May 2012)");
script_name("Wireshark ANSI A MAP Files Denial of Service Vulnerability - Mac OS X");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/macosx/detected");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation allows attackers to crash an affected application,
denying service to legitimate users.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.6.0
Wireshark version 1.4.x to 1.4.7 on Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused to an infinite loop was found in the way ANSI A interface
dissector of the Wireshark network traffic analyzer processed certain ANSI A
MAP capture files. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or
opened a malicious packet capture file, it could lead to denial of service.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.4.8 or 1.6.1 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/45086");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49071");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/2");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=37930");
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_is_equal(version:version, test_version:"1.6.0") ||
version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"1.4.0", test_version2:"1.4.7")) {
security_message(port:0, data:"The target host was found to be vulnerable");
exit(0);
}
exit(99);