This host is installed with Wireshark
and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
#
# Wireshark 'STANAG 4607' Capture File Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
#
# Authors:
# Antu Sanadi <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################
CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.807399");
script_version("2019-07-05T09:12:25+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-6014");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2019-07-05 09:12:25 +0000 (Fri, 05 Jul 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-02-21 14:26:53 +0530 (Tue, 21 Feb 2017)");
script_name("Wireshark 'STANAG 4607' Capture File Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is installed with Wireshark
and is prone to denial of service 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 a crafted or
malformed STANAG 4607 capture file will cause an infinite loop and memory
exhaustion. If the packet size field in a packet header is null, the offset
to read from will not advance, causing continuous attempts to read the same
zero length packet. This will quickly exhaust all system memory.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to cause the application to enter an infinite loop and consume
excessive CPU resources, resulting in denial-of-service conditions.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark versions 2.2.4 and prior
on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to Wireshark 2.2.5 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://git.net/ml/general/2017-02/msg20415.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=13416");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
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_is_less_equal(version: wirversion, test_version:"2.2.4"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:wirversion, fixed_version:"2.2.5");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}