Wireshark is prone to access control vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.813591");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-14438");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:40 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-09-17 13:56:00 +0000 (Mon, 17 Sep 2018)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-07-30 16:58:30 +0530 (Mon, 30 Jul 2018)");
script_name("Wireshark 'non-NULL DACL' Access Control Vulnerability - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to access control 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 create_app_running_mutex
function in wsutil/file_util.c calling SetSecurityDescriptorDacl to set
a NULL DACL.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to modify the access control arbitrarily.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version through 2.6.6 on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the
disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to
upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=14921");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
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/Version");
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);
wirversion = infos['version'];
path = infos['location'];
if(version_is_less_equal(version:wirversion, test_version:"2.6.6")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:wirversion, fixed_version:"None", install_path:path);
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);