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Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability March-11 (Mac OS X)

🗓️ 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbHType 
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Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability in Wireshark version 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on Mac OS X. Successful exploitation could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service. The flaw is due to 'Off-by-one' error in the dissect_6lowpan_iphc function in packet-6lowpan.c. Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.4 or later

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###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_wireshark_dos_vuln_mar11_macosx.nasl 5988 2017-04-20 09:02:29Z teissa $
#
# Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability March-11 (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 could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of
  service.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Wireshark version 1.4.0 through 1.4.3 on Mac Os X";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to 'Off-by-one' error in the dissect_6lowpan_iphc
  function in packet-6lowpan.c";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.4 or later
  For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download.html";
tag_summary = "The host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple DoS
  vulnerability.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(802900);
  script_version("$Revision: 5988 $");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1138");
  script_bugtraq_id(46636);
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-04-20 11:02:29 +0200 (Thu, 20 Apr 2017) $");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-06-27 15:29:48 +0530 (Wed, 27 Jun 2012)");
  script_name("Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability March-11 (Mac OS X)");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-04.html");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5722");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.4.4.html");

  script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  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
wiresharkVer = "";

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

## Check for Wireshark Version
if(version_in_range(version:wiresharkVer, test_version:"1.4.0", test_version2:"1.4.3")){
  security_message(0);
}

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20 Apr 2017 00:00Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
EPSS0.0381
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