Wireshark Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities-01 (Apr 2017) - Windows
🗓️ 19 Apr 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 37 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-05473) | 13 Apr 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Wireshark NCP Parser Input Validation Vulnerability | 25 Apr 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-7957 | 12 Apr 201710:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-7958 | 12 Apr 201710:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-7957 | 12 Apr 201710:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2016-7958 | 12 Apr 201710:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2016-7957 | 12 Apr 201710:00 | – | debiancve | |
| CVE-2016-7958 | 12 Apr 201710:00 | – | debiancve | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2019-2425) | 4 Dec 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| Wireshark 2.2.x < 2.2.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS) | 1 May 202600:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/93463 |
| wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-57.html |
| wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-56.html |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/97597 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810699");
script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-7958", "CVE-2016-7957");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/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:L/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:"2017-04-17 15:38:00 +0000 (Mon, 17 Apr 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-04-19 14:43:27 +0530 (Wed, 19 Apr 2017)");
script_name("Wireshark Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities-01 (Apr 2017) - Windows");
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 errors in the
NCP dissector and Bluetooth L2CAP dissector triggered by packet injection or
a malformed capture file.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to cause the application to crash resulting in denial-of-service
condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 2.2.0 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.2.1 or
later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-56.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93463");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97597");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-57.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/windows/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(vers == "2.2.0") {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.2.1", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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