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Wireshark Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities (wnpa-sec-2015-41, wnpa-sec-2015-45) - Windows

🗓️ 11 Jan 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType 
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Wireshark Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities in Wireshark version 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1 on Window

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.806945");
  script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2015-8733", "CVE-2015-8732", "CVE-2015-8731", "CVE-2015-8730",
                "CVE-2015-8729", "CVE-2015-8728", "CVE-2015-8727", "CVE-2015-8726",
                "CVE-2015-8725", "CVE-2015-8724", "CVE-2015-8723", "CVE-2015-8722",
                "CVE-2015-8721", "CVE-2015-8720", "CVE-2015-8718", "CVE-2015-8711");
  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:"2025-09-17 05:39:26 +0000 (Wed, 17 Sep 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-12-07 18:29:00 +0000 (Wed, 07 Dec 2016)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-01-11 11:59:19 +0530 (Mon, 11 Jan 2016)");
  script_name("Wireshark Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities (wnpa-sec-2015-41, wnpa-sec-2015-45) - Windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service (DoS)
  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 multiple errors in Wireshark. Please
  see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to conduct
  a DoS attack.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.12.x before 1.12.9 and 2.0.x before 2.0.1.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.12.9, 2.0.1 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-2015-45.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2015-41.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11792");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11548");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 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:"1.12.8")) {
  fix = "1.12.9";
  VULN = TRUE;
}

else if(version_is_equal(version:vers, test_version:"2.0.0")) {
  fix = "2.0.1";
  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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