5.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.806029");
script_version("2024-02-16T05:06:55+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-6241", "CVE-2015-6242", "CVE-2015-6243", "CVE-2015-6244",
"CVE-2015-6245", "CVE-2015-6246", "CVE-2015-6247", "CVE-2015-6248",
"CVE-2015-6249");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-16 05:06:55 +0000 (Fri, 16 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-08-28 11:37:57 +0530 (Fri, 28 Aug 2015)");
script_name("Wireshark Multiple Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities-01 (Aug 2015) - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to:
- An error in 'proto_tree_add_bytes_item' function in 'epan/proto.c' script in
the protocol-tree implementation.
- An error in 'wmem_block_split_free_chunk' function in
'epan/wmem/wmem_allocator_block.c' script in the wmem block allocator in the
memory manager.
- An error in 'dissector-table' implementation in 'epan/packet.c' script
which mishandles table searches for empty strings.
- An error in 'dissect_zbee_secure' function in
'epan/dissectors/packet-zbee-security.c' script in the ZigBee dissector.
- Mishandling of datatype by 'epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.c' script in
the GSM RLC/MAC dissector.
- An error in 'dissect_wa_payload' function in
'epan/dissectors/packet-waveagent.c' script in the WaveAgent dissector.
- Improper input validation of offset value by 'dissect_openflow_tablemod_v5'
function in 'epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c' script.
- Invalid data length checking by 'ptvcursor_add' function in the ptvcursor
implementation in 'epan/proto.c' script.
- An error in 'dissect_wccp2r1_address_table_info' function in
'epan/dissectors/packet-wccp.c' script.");
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 1.12.7
on Windows");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade Wireshark to version 1.12.7 or
later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-24.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-26.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11358");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11373");
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/Win/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!wirversion = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:wirversion, test_version:"1.12.0", test_version2:"1.12.6"))
{
report = 'Installed Version: ' + wirversion + '\n' +
'Fixed Version: 1.12.7 \n';
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}