Wireshark Denial-of-Service Vulnerability-02 (Mar 2015) - Windows
🗓️ 09 Mar 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 110 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium: wireshark | 17 Aug 201500:00 | – | amazon | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : wireshark (ALAS-2015-580) | 18 Aug 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 : wireshark (CESA-2015:1460) | 28 Jul 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 7 : wireshark (CESA-2015:2393) | 2 Dec 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DLA-198-1 : wireshark security update | 23 Apr 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3210-1 : wireshark - security update | 2 Apr 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-201510-03 : Wireshark: Multiple vulnerabilities | 2 Nov 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2015:183) | 31 Mar 201500:00 | – | nessus | |
| MiracleLinux 4 : wireshark-1.8.10-17.AXS4 (AXSA:2015-372:01) | 16 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| MiracleLinux 7 : wireshark-1.10.14-7.el7 (AXSA:2015-660:01) | 16 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/72944 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/72942 |
| wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-06.html |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/72941 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.805486");
script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-2191", "CVE-2015-2189", "CVE-2015-2188");
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:"2015-03-09 16:41:59 +0530 (Mon, 09 Mar 2015)");
script_name("Wireshark Denial-of-Service Vulnerability-02 (Mar 2015) - 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:"Flaw exists due to Integer overflow in
the 'dissect_tnef' function in epan/dissectors/packet-tnef.c script in the
TNEF dissector, Off-by-one error in the 'pcapng_read' function in
wiretap/pcapng.c script in the pcapng file parser and a flaw in the WCP
dissector.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to conduct denial of service attack.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.12.x before 1.12.4
and 1.10.x before 1.10.13 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.12.4, 1.10.3 or
later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-06.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72942");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72944");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72941");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 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:"1.12.0", test_version2:"1.12.3")) {
fix = "1.12.4";
VULN = TRUE;
}
else if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"1.10.0", test_version2:"1.10.12")) {
fix = "1.10.13";
VULN = TRUE;
}
if(VULN) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:fix, install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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17 Sep 2025 00:00Current
5.6Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.6
CVSS 25
EPSS0.046