Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Jul 2012) - Windows
🗓️ 05 Jul 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 110 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium: wireshark | 2 Dec 201300:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : wireshark (ALAS-2013-251) | 10 Dec 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 : wireshark (CESA-2013:1569) | 12 Nov 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 16 : wireshark-1.6.8-1.fc16 (2012-10175) | 11 Jul 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2012:015) | 6 Sep 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2012:080) | 6 Sep 201200:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2013:055) | 20 Apr 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| MiracleLinux 4 : wireshark-1.8.10-4.AXS4 (AXSA:2014-031:01) | 19 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2012:0657-1) | 13 Jun 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 6 : wireshark (ELSA-2013-1569) | 27 Nov 201300:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| secunia | www.secunia.com/advisories/49226/ |
| bugs | www.bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi |
| wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-09.html |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/53652 |
| wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-08.html |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/53651 |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802907");
script_version("2026-06-11T07:15:11+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2012-2392", "CVE-2012-2393", "CVE-2012-3825", "CVE-2012-3826");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-06-11 07:15:11 +0000 (Thu, 11 Jun 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-07-05 13:52:34 +0530 (Thu, 05 Jul 2012)");
script_name("Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Jul 2012) - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/49226/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53651");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53652");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-08.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-09.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7138");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 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 remote attackers to cause a denial of
service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.13 and 1.6.x before 1.6.8 on Windows");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"- Errors in the ANSI MAP, ASF, BACapp, Bluetooth HCI, IEEE 802.11,
IEEE 802.3, LTP, and R3 dissectors can be exploited to cause infinite loops
via specially crafted packets.
- An error in the DIAMETER dissector does not properly allocate memory and
can be exploited to cause a crash via a specially crafted packet.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.13, 1.6.8 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.");
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:"1.4.12") ||
version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"1.6.0", test_version2:"1.6.7")) {
security_message(port:0, data:"The target host was found to be vulnerable");
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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