5 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack 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
6.1 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
73.1%
Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804914");
script_version("2024-02-09T05:06:25+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-6426", "CVE-2014-6425");
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:"2024-02-09 05:06:25 +0000 (Fri, 09 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-09-24 15:46:59 +0530 (Wed, 24 Sep 2014)");
script_name("Wireshark DOS Vulnerability-02 (Sep 2014) - Mac OS X");
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:"Flaws are due to:
- Error in the get_quoted_string and get_unquoted_string functions
in epan/dissectors/packet-cups.c in the CUPS dissector.
- The dissect_hip_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-hip.c
in the HIP dissector does not properly handle a NULL tree.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
attacker to cause denial of service attack.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.12.x before 1.12.1 on Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.12.1 or later.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-15.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69863");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/69866");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2014-16.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/MacOSX/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!version = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_equal(version:version, test_version:"1.12.0"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, vulnerable_range:"Equal to 1.12.0");
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}