Wireshark Security Updates (wnpa-sec-2018-02) - Mac OS X
🗓️ 16 Jan 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 47 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-17997 | 30 Dec 201707:00 | – | alpinelinux | |
| Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability (CNVD-2018-02384) | 4 Jan 201800:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-17997 | 30 Dec 201707:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-17997 | 30 Dec 201707:00 | – | cvelist | |
| [SECURITY] [DLA 1634-1] wireshark security update | 15 Jan 201919:10 | – | debian | |
| CVE-2017-17997 | 30 Dec 201707:00 | – | debiancve | |
| Debian DLA-1634-1 : wireshark security update | 16 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2018-1041) | 13 Feb 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : wireshark (EulerOS-SA-2018-1042) | 13 Feb 201800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 28 : 1:wireshark (2018-bfdad62cd6) | 3 Jan 201900:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| wireshark | www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-02 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.812631");
script_version("2025-09-12T05:38:45+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-17997");
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:"2025-09-12 05:38:45 +0000 (Fri, 12 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:"2019-03-01 18:19:00 +0000 (Fri, 01 Mar 2019)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-01-16 13:14:37 +0530 (Tue, 16 Jan 2018)");
script_name("Wireshark Security Updates (wnpa-sec-2018-02) - 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 exists as the MRDISC dissector
could crash");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation of this vulnerability
will allow remote attackers to make Wireshark crash.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 2.2.0 to 2.2.11 on
Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.12 or
later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2018-02");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
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:"2.2.0", test_version2:"2.2.11")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"2.2.12", install_path:path);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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