Wireshark Pcapng File Parser DoS Vulnerability in Windows (Nov 2015
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 29 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | CVE-2015-7830 | 15 Nov 201503:59 | – | debiancve |
![]() | Wireshark Pcapng File Parser Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (Nov 2015) - Mac OS X | 19 Nov 201500:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2015-0403) | 16 Oct 201500:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:0110-1) | 9 Jun 202100:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian Security Advisory DSA 3505-1 (wireshark - security update) | 4 Mar 201600:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3505-1) | 3 Mar 201600:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | SUSE: Security Advisory (SUSE-SU-2016:0109-1) | 19 Apr 202100:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Design/Logic Flaw | 15 Nov 201503:59 | – | prion |
![]() | CVE-2015-7830 | 15 Nov 201503:59 | – | nvd |
![]() | Updated wireshark packages fix security vulnerabilities | 15 Oct 201522:50 | – | mageia |
Source | Link |
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securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/77101 |
wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-30.html |
bugs | www.bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.806703");
script_version("2024-07-22T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2015-7830");
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:"2024-07-22 05:05:40 +0000 (Mon, 22 Jul 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-11-19 11:50:54 +0530 (Thu, 19 Nov 2015)");
script_name("Wireshark Pcapng File Parser Denial-of-Service Vulnerability (Nov 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:"The flaw is due to an error in
'pcapng_read_if_descr_block' function in 'wiretap/pcapng.c' script within the
pcapng parser which uses too many levels of pointer indirection.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted packet.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.12.x before 1.12.8
on Windows");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.12.8 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-2015-30.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77101");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11455");
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(!wirversion = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:wirversion, test_version:"1.12.0", test_version2:"1.12.7"))
{
report = 'Installed Version: ' + wirversion + '\n' +
'Fixed Version: 1.12.8 \n';
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
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