Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jul 2008) - Windows
🗓️ 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 80 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security fix for the ALT Linux 9 package wireshark version 1.0.1-alt1 | 2 Jul 200800:00 | – | altlinux | |
| CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2008:0890) | 2 Oct 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 7 : wireshark-1.0.0-1.fc7 (2008-2941) | 11 Apr 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Fedora 8 : wireshark-1.0.0-1.fc8 (2008-3040) | 11 Apr 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| GLSA-200805-05 : Wireshark: Denial of Service | 9 May 200800:00 | – | nessus | |
| Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2008:091) | 23 Apr 200900:00 | – | nessus | |
| MiracleLinux 3 : wireshark-1.0.3-4.1AXS3 (AXSA:2008-457:01) | 14 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| MiracleLinux 3 : wireshark-1.0.3-4.1AXS3 (AXSA:2008-511:02) | 19 Jan 202600:00 | – | nessus | |
| Oracle Linux 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2008-0890) | 12 Jul 201300:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2008:0890) | 2 Oct 200800:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 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
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900010");
script_version("2025-03-05T05:38:52+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-03-05 05:38:52 +0000 (Wed, 05 Mar 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-08-22 10:29:01 +0200 (Fri, 22 Aug 2008)");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28485");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-1561", "CVE-2008-1562", "CVE-2008-1563");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
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_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_family("General");
script_name("Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (Jul 2008) - Windows");
script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaws exist due to errors in GSM SMS dissector, PANA and KISMET
dissectors, RTMPT dissector, RMI dissector, and in syslog dissector.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to wireshark to 1.0.1 or later.
Quick Fix : Disable the following dissectors: GSM SMS, PANA, KISMET, RTMPT, and RMI");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark/Ethereal is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark versions prior to 1.0.1 on Windows (All).");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could result in application crash,
disclose of system memory, and an incomplete syslog encapsulated packets.");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
if(!get_kb_item("SMB/WindowsVersion")){
exit(0);
}
etherealVer = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion" +
"\Uninstall\Ethereal", item:"DisplayVersion");
if(etherealVer)
{
etherealVer = ereg_replace(pattern:"Ethereal (.*)", replace:"\1",
string:etherealVer);
if(ereg(pattern:"^(0\.(10\.([0-9]|1[0-4])|99\.0))$",
string:etherealVer))
{
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
exit(0);
}
}
wiresharkVer = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion" +
"\Uninstall\Wireshark", item:"DisplayVersion");
if(!wiresharkVer){
exit(0);
}
if(ereg(pattern:"^(0\.99\.[0-9]|1\.0\.0)$", string:wiresharkVer)){
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}
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05 Mar 2025 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS 25
EPSS0.50693