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HistoryJun 01, 2009 - 12:00 a.m.

Wireshark PCNFSD Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows

2009-06-0100:00:00
Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG
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7

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);
}

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%