Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities-01 (Aug 2016) - Mac OS X
🗓️ 09 Aug 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 48 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireshark 2.0.0 < 2.0.4 - MMSE / WAP / WBXML / WSP Dissectors Denial of Service | 3 Aug 201600:00 | – | zdt | |
| wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities | 27 Jul 201600:00 | – | freebsd | |
| CVE-2016-6512 | 6 Aug 201623:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| CVE-2016-6513 | 6 Aug 201623:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| wireshark-cli: denial of service | 27 Aug 201600:00 | – | archlinux | |
| CVE-2016-6512 | 3 Aug 201600:00 | – | circl | |
| Wireshark 'add_capabilities()' function remote denial of service vulnerability | 29 Jul 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Wireshark WBXML Dissector Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability | 29 Jul 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-6512 | 6 Aug 201623:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-6513 | 6 Aug 201623:00 | – | cve |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/92172 |
| wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-48.html |
| openwall | www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/92174 |
| wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-49.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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.808286");
script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-6512", "CVE-2016-6513");
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:"2017-09-03 01:29:00 +0000 (Sun, 03 Sep 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-08-09 11:43:17 +0530 (Tue, 09 Aug 2016)");
script_name("Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities-01 (Aug 2016) - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service 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:
- The 'epan/dissectors/packet-wap.c' script omits an overflow check in the
'tvb_get_guintvar' function.
- The 'epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c' script does not restrict the recursion
depth.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to conduct denial of service attack.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 2.0.x before 2.0.5
on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.0.5 or
later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/28/3");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92174");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92172");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-48.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-49.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:"2.0.0", test_version2:"2.0.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.0.5", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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