CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
90.1%
Wireshark/Ethereal is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
# 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("2024-02-08T14:36:53+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-08 14:36:53 +0000 (Thu, 08 Feb 2024)");
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" );
}