Wireshark Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities -02 (May 2016) - Mac OS X
🗓️ 03 May 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 104 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities | 22 Apr 201600:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Wireshark PKTC Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability | 27 Apr 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Wireshark PKTC parser denial of service vulnerability (CNVD-2016-02651) | 27 Apr 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Wireshark IAX2 Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability | 27 Apr 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Wireshark GSM CBCH Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability | 27 Apr 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Wireshark IEEE 802.11 Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability | 27 Apr 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-02664) | 27 Apr 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-4006 | 25 Apr 201610:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-4078 | 25 Apr 201610:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-4079 | 25 Apr 201610:00 | – | cve |
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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.807579");
script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4006", "CVE-2016-4078", "CVE-2016-4079", "CVE-2016-4080",
"CVE-2016-4081", "CVE-2016-4082");
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:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2016-12-03 03:27:00 +0000 (Sat, 03 Dec 2016)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-05-03 11:52:01 +0530 (Tue, 03 May 2016)");
script_name("Wireshark Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities -02 (May 2016) - Mac OS X");
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:
- 'epan/proto.c' script does not limit the protocol-tree depth.
- The IEEE 802.11 dissector does not properly restrict element lists.
- 'epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c' script in the PKTC dissector does not
verify BER identifiers.
- 'epan/dissectors/packet-pktc.c' script in the PKTC dissector misparses
timestamp fields.
- An incorrect integer data type usage by 'epan/dissectors/packet-iax2.c'
script in the IAX2 dissector.
- An incorrect array indexing by 'epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_cbch.c' script
in the GSM CBCH 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 1.12.11
and 2.0.x before 2.0.3 on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.12.11, 2.0.3 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-26.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-24.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-23.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-22.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-21.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-25.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/macosx/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:"1.12.10")) {
fix = "1.12.11";
VULN = TRUE;
}
else if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"2.0.0", test_version2:"2.0.2")) {
fix = "2.0.3";
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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