Wireshark NCP dissector DoS Vulnerability (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 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireshark NCP Parser Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | 27 Apr 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-4085 | 25 Apr 201610:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-4085 | 25 Apr 201610:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 497-1] wireshark security update | 31 May 201610:22 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3585-1] wireshark security update | 22 May 201621:29 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2016-4085 | 25 Apr 201610:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DLA-497-1 : wireshark security update | 1 Jun 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3585-1 : wireshark - security update | 23 May 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425) | 4 Dec 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| F5 Networks BIG-IP : Multiple Wireshark (tshark) vulnerabilities (K01837042) | 27 Jun 201600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-28.html |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.807580");
script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4085");
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 11:52:58 +0530 (Tue, 03 May 2016)");
script_name("Wireshark NCP dissector DoS Vulnerability (May 2016) - Mac OS X");
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 stack-based buffer overflow in the
'epan/dissectors/packet-ncp2222.inc' script in the 'NCP dissector'.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to conduct
a DoS attack or possibly have unspecified other impact.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.12.x before 1.12.11.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.12.11 or later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-28.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")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.12.11", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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