Wireshark 'Modbus' Dissector DoS Vulnerability - Mac OS X
🗓️ 05 Sep 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package wireshark version 2.4.1-alt1 | 18 Sep 201700:00 | – | altlinux | |
| Wireshark Modbu Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability | 31 Aug 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-13764 | 30 Aug 201709:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-13764 | 30 Aug 201709:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2017-13764 | 30 Aug 201709:00 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2017-5279 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: wireshark-2.6.2-1.fc27 | 1 Aug 201817:56 | – | fedora | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: wireshark-2.6.1-1.fc27 | 5 Jun 201814:11 | – | fedora | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 27 Update: wireshark-2.4.2-1.fc27 | 10 Dec 201705:10 | – | fedora | |
| Fedora 27 : 1:wireshark (2017-9fd430dba0) | 15 Jan 201800:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/100545 |
| wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2017-40.html |
# 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811800");
script_version("2025-09-17T05:39:26+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-13764");
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:"2017-09-03 01:29:00 +0000 (Sun, 03 Sep 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-09-05 16:13:23 +0530 (Tue, 05 Sep 2017)");
script_name("Wireshark 'Modbus' Dissector DoS Vulnerability - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) 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 a NULL pointer
dereference error in 'epan/dissectors/packet-mbtcp.c' script.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow
attackers to make Wireshark crash 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 on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 2.4.1 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-2017-40.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100545");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 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(vers == "2.4.0") {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.4.1", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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17 Sep 2025 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
CVSS 25
CVSS 37.5
EPSS0.01252