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Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities June-11 (Mac OS X)

2012-06-2900:00:00
Copyright (C) 2012 SecPod
plugins.openvas.org
12

0.015 Low

EPSS

Percentile

85.7%

This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple
denial of service vulnerabilities.

###############################################################################
# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_wireshark_mult_dos_vuln_jun11_macosx.nasl 5940 2017-04-12 09:02:05Z teissa $
#
# Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities June-11 (Mac OS X)
#
# Authors:
# Rachana Shetty <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com
#
# 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 cause a denial of
  service condition.
  Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Wireshark versions 1.2.x before 1.2.17 and 1.4.x before 1.4.7 on Mac OS X";
tag_insight = "- 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.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.2.17 or 1.4.7 or later,
  For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download";
tag_summary = "This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple
  denial of service vulnerabilities.";

if(description)
{
  script_id(902684);
  script_version("$Revision: 5940 $");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1957", "CVE-2011-1958", "CVE-2011-1959", "CVE-2011-2174",
                "CVE-2011-2175");
  script_bugtraq_id(48066);
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-04-12 11:02:05 +0200 (Wed, 12 Apr 2017) $");
  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 June-11 (Mac OS X)");
  script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/44449/");
  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 SecPod");
  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
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:"1.2.0", test_version2:"1.2.16") ||
   version_in_range(version:sharkVer, test_version:"1.4.0", test_version2:"1.4.6")) {
  security_message(0);
}