This host is installed with Wireshark
and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_wireshark_gprs_dos_vuln_macosx.nasl 11919 2018-10-16 09:49:19Z mmartin $
#
# Wireshark 'GPRS' DoS Vulnerability (MAC OS X)
#
# Authors:
# Kashinath T <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811429");
script_version("$Revision: 11919 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-11409");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-10-16 11:49:19 +0200 (Tue, 16 Oct 2018) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-07-20 18:15:24 +0530 (Thu, 20 Jul 2017)");
script_name("Wireshark 'GPRS' DoS Vulnerability (MAC OS X)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is installed with Wireshark
and is prone to 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 exists due to an error in the
GPRS LLC dissector.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to crash the affected application, resulting in denial-of-service
conditions.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 2.0.0 to 2.0.13 on MAC OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.0.14 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-2017-37.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/MacOSX/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!wirversion = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(wirversion =~ "(^2\.0)")
{
if(version_is_less(version:wirversion, test_version:"2.0.14"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:wirversion, fixed_version:"2.0.14");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
}