The host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of
service vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_wireshark_dissector_dos_vuln_win_may11.nasl 7015 2017-08-28 11:51:24Z teissa $
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# Wireshark X.509if Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
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# Authors:
# Madhuri D <[email protected]>
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# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2011 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.
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tag_impact = "Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause a denial of service via
a crafted .pcap file.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Wireshark version 1.2.0 through 1.2.15
Wireshark version 1.4.0 through 1.4.4";
tag_insight = "The flaw is caused by an error in the 'X.509if' dissector when processing
malformed data, which could be exploited to crash an affected application.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.5 or 1.2.16 or later,
For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download.html";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of
service vulnerability.";
if(description)
{
script_id(801785);
script_version("$Revision: 7015 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-08-28 13:51:24 +0200 (Mon, 28 Aug 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-05-16 15:25:30 +0200 (Mon, 16 May 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1590");
script_bugtraq_id(47392);
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_name("Wireshark X.509if Dissector Denial of service vulnerability (Windows)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://securitytracker.com/id?1025388");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1022");
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2011 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
script_require_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);
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
## Get the version from KB
wiresharkVer = get_kb_item("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
if(!wiresharkVer){
exit(0);
}
## Check for Wireshark Version
if(version_in_range(version:wiresharkVer, test_version:"1.2.0", test_version2:"1.2.15")||
version_in_range(version:wiresharkVer, test_version:"1.4.0", test_version2:"1.4.4")){
security_message(0);
}