4.3 Medium
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
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
71.4%
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
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802768");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4100");
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:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-05-02 17:24:26 +0530 (Wed, 02 May 2012)");
script_name("Wireshark CSN.1 Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability - Mac OS X");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/MacOSX/Version");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause a denial of service
via a malformed packet.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.6.x before 1.6.3");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error in csnStreamDissector function in
'epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c' in the CSN.1 dissector, which fails to
initialize a certain variable.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.6.3 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:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750643");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50479");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-17.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6351");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39140");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
wiresharkVer = get_kb_item("Wireshark/MacOSX/Version");
if(!wiresharkVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:wiresharkVer, test_version:"1.6.0", test_version2:"1.6.2")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:wiresharkVer, vulnerable_range:"1.6.0 - 1.6.2");
security_message(port:0, data:report);
}