Wireshark WBXML Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (Aug 2016) - Mac OS X
🗓️ 12 Aug 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 42 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireshark WBXML Parser Integer Overflow Vulnerability | 13 Jun 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-5359 | 7 Aug 201616:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-5359 | 7 Aug 201616:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 538-1] wireshark security update | 30 Jun 201621:34 | – | debian | |
| [SECURITY] [DSA 3615-1] wireshark security update | 2 Jul 201612:40 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2016-5359 | 7 Aug 201616:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DLA-538-1 : wireshark security update | 1 Jul 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Debian DSA-3615-1 : wireshark - security update | 5 Jul 201600:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425) | 4 Dec 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 5 : wireshark (Unpatched Vulnerability) | 11 May 202400:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-38.html |
| openwall | www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140 |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.808298");
script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-5359");
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:"2016-11-28 20:24:00 +0000 (Mon, 28 Nov 2016)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-08-12 10:52:03 +0530 (Fri, 12 Aug 2016)");
script_name("Wireshark WBXML Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (Aug 2016) - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to a 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 'epan/dissectors/packet-wbxml.c'
script in the WBXML dissector mishandles offsets.");
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 1.12.12
on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.12.12 or
later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/09/3");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91140");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-38.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:"1.12.11")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"1.12.12", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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