Wireshark DOS Vulnerability-01 (Sep 2014) - Windows
🗓️ 23 Sep 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 183 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium: wireshark | 11 Nov 201400:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : wireshark (ALAS-2014-446) | 18 Nov 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 / 7 : wireshark (CESA-2014:1676) | 22 Oct 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 5 : wireshark (CESA-2014:1677) | 22 Oct 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-198-1 : wireshark security update | 23 Apr 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3049-1 : wireshark - security update | 15 Oct 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| F5 Networks BIG-IP : Multiple Wireshark vulnerabilities (K16940) | 9 Jul 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 20 : wireshark-1.10.10-1.fc20 (2014-11441) | 26 Sep 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 21 : wireshark-1.12.1-1.fc21 (2014-12362) | 12 Oct 201400:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-201412-52 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities | 29 Dec 201400:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/69857 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/69861 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/69859 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/69860 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/69862 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/69858 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/69853 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/69865 |
| secunia | www.secunia.com/advisories/61590 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804909");
script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-6430", "CVE-2014-6428", "CVE-2014-6427", "CVE-2014-6432",
"CVE-2014-6431", "CVE-2014-6429", "CVE-2014-6423", "CVE-2014-6424");
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:"2025-09-17 05:39:26 +0000 (Wed, 17 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-09-23 15:24:29 +0530 (Tue, 23 Sep 2014)");
script_name("Wireshark DOS Vulnerability-01 (Sep 2014) - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws are due to:
- SnifferDecompress function does not prevent data overwrites, validate
bitmask data, and does not properly handle empty input data.
- Improper initialization of certain ID value in the dissect_spdu function
under SES dissector.
- Off-by-one error in the is_rtsp_request_or_reply function under the RTSP
dissector.
- The dissect_v9_v10_pdu_data function under Netflow dissector refers incorrect
offset and start variables.
- An error in tvb_raw_text_add function in MEGACO dissector");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
attacker to cause denial of service attack.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.10.x
before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.12.1, 1.10.10 or later.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/61590");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69853");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69857");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69858");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69859");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69860");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69861");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69862");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69865");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/windows/detected");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
vers = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"1.10.0", test_version2:"1.10.9") ||
version_is_equal(version:vers, test_version:"1.12.0")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.10.10 / 1.12.1", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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