This host is installed with Wireshark
and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_wireshark_mult_dos_vuln_macosx_sep17.nasl 11936 2018-10-17 09:05:37Z mmartin $
#
# Wireshark 'IrCOMM' And 'MSDP' Dissectors DoS Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
#
# Authors:
# Rinu Kuriakose <[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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811597");
script_version("$Revision: 11936 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-13765", "CVE-2017-13767");
script_bugtraq_id(100551, 100549);
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2018-10-17 11:05:37 +0200 (Wed, 17 Oct 2018) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-09-05 15:42:03 +0530 (Tue, 05 Sep 2017)");
script_name("Wireshark 'IrCOMM' And 'MSDP' Dissectors DoS Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is installed with Wireshark
and 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 are due to,
- Missing length validation in 'epan/dissectors/packet-msdp.c' so that the
MSDP dissector could go into an infinite loop.
- Missing length validation in 'plugins/irda/packet-ircomm.c' so that the
IrCOMM dissector could read past the end of a buffer.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
attackers to make Wireshark crash and also consume excessive CPU resources by
injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a
malformed packet trace file.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 2.4.0, 2.2.0 to 2.2.8,
2.0.0 to 2.0.14 on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.4.1 or
2.2.9 or 2.0.15 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-2017-41.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-38.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:"2.0.15")){
fix = "2.0.15";
}
}
else if(wirversion =~ "(^2\.2)")
{
if(version_is_less(version:wirversion, test_version:"2.2.9")){
fix = "2.2.9";
}
}
else if(wirversion == "2.4.0"){
fix = "2.4.1";
}
if(fix)
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:wirversion, fixed_version:fix);
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}