6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.006 Low
EPSS
Percentile
78.7%
Wireshark is prone to stack consumption 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802845");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-3445");
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_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-05-04 18:26:03 +0530 (Fri, 04 May 2012)");
script_name("Wireshark BER Dissector Stack Consumption Vulnerability - Mac OS X");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/12/1");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/10/01/10");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/10/15/cve-2010-3445-wireshark-asn-1-ber-stack-overflow/");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Buffer overflow");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/MacOSX/Version");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to crash the application.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.4.x before 1.4.1 and 1.2.x before 1.2.12");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to stack consumption error in the
'dissect_ber_unknown()' function in 'epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c' in the
BER dissector, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a long string in an unknown
'ASN.1/BER' encoded packet.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark 1.4.1 or 1.2.12 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to stack consumption vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
sharkVer = get_kb_item("Wireshark/MacOSX/Version");
if(!sharkVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_equal(version:sharkVer, test_version:"1.4.0") ||
version_in_range(version:sharkVer, test_version:"1.2.0", test_version2:"1.2.11")){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}