6.2 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
5 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access 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
0.003 Low
EPSS
Percentile
71.2%
Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900559");
script_version("2024-02-15T05:05:39+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-02-15 05:05:39 +0000 (Thu, 15 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-06-01 09:35:57 +0200 (Mon, 01 Jun 2009)");
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_cve_id("CVE-2009-1829");
script_name("Wireshark PCNFSD Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1408");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35081");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the user crash the application to cause
denial of service condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 0.8.20 through 1.0.7 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error in the PCNFSD dissector when processing specially
crafted large PCNFSD packets.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark 1.0.8.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
sharkVer = get_kb_item("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
if(!sharkVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:sharkVer, test_version:"0.8.20", test_version2:"1.0.7")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:sharkVer, vulnerable_range:"0.8.20 - 1.0.7");
security_message(port: 0, data: report);
}