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Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)

🗓️ 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities on Mac OS X. Allows remote code execution and denial of service. Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 affected. Upgrade to version 1.4.11 or 1.6.5

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_wireshark_mult_vuln_macosx.nasl 5931 2017-04-11 09:02:04Z teissa $
#
# Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
#
# Authors:
# Madhuri D <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 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 exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
  or cause a denial of service.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.11 and 1.6.x before 1.6.5 on Mac OS X";
tag_insight = "The flaws are due to
  - NULL pointer dereference errors when reading certain packet information
    can be exploited to cause a crash.
  - An error within the RLC dissector can be exploited to cause a buffer
    overflow via a specially crafted RLC packet capture file.
  - An error within the 'lanalyzer_read()' function (wiretap/lanalyzer.c) when
    parsing LANalyzer files can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer
    underflow.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.11, 1.6.5 or later,
  For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download";
tag_summary = "This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple
  vulnerabilities.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(802764);
  script_version("$Revision: 5931 $");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0068", "CVE-2012-0067", "CVE-2012-0066", "CVE-2012-0043",
                "CVE-2012-0042", "CVE-2012-0041");
  script_bugtraq_id(51710, 51368);
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-04-11 11:02:04 +0200 (Tue, 11 Apr 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-04-24 15:23:18 +0530 (Tue, 24 Apr 2012)");
  script_name("Wireshark Multiple Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/47494/");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-01.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("General");
  script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Wireshark/MacOSX/Version");
  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:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


include("version_func.inc");

## Variable Initialization
sharkVer = "";

## Get version from KB
sharkVer = get_kb_item("Wireshark/MacOSX/Version");
if(!sharkVer){
  exit(0);
}

## Check for vulnerable Wireshark versions
if(version_in_range(version:sharkVer, test_version:"1.4.0", test_version2:"1.4.10") ||
   version_in_range(version:sharkVer, test_version:"1.6.0", test_version2:"1.6.4")) {
  security_message(0);
}

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