CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
84.5%
Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902684");
script_version("2024-07-22T05:05:40+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1957", "CVE-2011-1958", "CVE-2011-1959", "CVE-2011-2174",
"CVE-2011-2175");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-07-22 05:05:40 +0000 (Mon, 22 Jul 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-06-29 16:35:04 +0530 (Fri, 29 Jun 2012)");
script_name("Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Jun 2011) - Mac OS X");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/44449/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48066");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-07.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-08.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/macosx/detected");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause a denial of
service condition.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark versions 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 on Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"- An error in the DICOM dissector can be exploited to cause an infinite loop
when processing certain malformed packets.
- An error when processing a Diameter dictionary file can be exploited to
cause the process to crash.
- An error when processing a snoop file can be exploited to cause the process
to crash.
- An error when processing compressed capture data can be exploited to cause
the process to crash.
- An error when processing a Visual Networks file can be exploited to cause
the process to crash.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.2.17 or 1.4.7 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if(version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"1.2.0", test_version2:"1.2.16") ||
version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"1.4.0", test_version2:"1.4.6")) {
security_message(port:0, data:"The target host was found to be vulnerable");
exit(0);
}
exit(99);