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Wireshark SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)

🗓️ 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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Wireshark SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_wireshark_smtp_dos_vuln_win.nasl 6519 2017-07-04 14:08:14Z cfischer $
#
# Wireshark SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
#
# Authors:
# Chandan S <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
###############################################################################

tag_impact = "Successful attacks may cause the application to crash via specially
  crafted packets.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Wireshark version 1.0.4 and prior on Windows.";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to an error in the SMTP dissector while processing
  large SMTP packets.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Wireshark 1.0.5
  http://www.wireshark.org/download.html";
tag_summary = "The Remote host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to
  denial of service vulnerability.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(800074);
  script_version("$Revision: 6519 $");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-04 16:08:14 +0200 (Tue, 04 Jul 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-12-04 14:15:00 +0100 (Thu, 04 Dec 2008)");
  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-2008-5285");
  script_bugtraq_id(32422);
  script_name("Wireshark SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3231");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
  script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
  script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
  script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
  script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
  script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
  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_is_less_equal(version:sharkVer, test_version:"1.0.4")){
  security_message(0);
}

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04 Jul 2017 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
EPSS0.02003
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