CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
72.5%
The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.62851");
script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-12-10 05:23:56 +0100 (Wed, 10 Dec 2008)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-5285");
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_name("wireshark -- SMTP Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 E-Soft Inc.");
script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdrel");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following packages are affected:
wireshark
wireshark-lite
ethereal
ethereal-lite
tethereal
tethereal-lite
CVE-2008-5285
Wireshark 1.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service via a long SMTP request, which triggers an infinite loop.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update your system with the appropriate patches or
software upgrades.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/32840/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-November/065840.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/baece347-c489-11dd-a721-0030843d3802.html");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
as announced in the referenced advisory.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");
vuln = FALSE;
txt = "";
bver = portver(pkg:"wireshark");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.0.4_1")<0) {
txt += 'Package wireshark version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
vuln = TRUE;
}
bver = portver(pkg:"wireshark-lite");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.0.4_1")<0) {
txt += 'Package wireshark-lite version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
vuln = TRUE;
}
bver = portver(pkg:"ethereal");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.0.4_1")<0) {
txt += 'Package ethereal version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
vuln = TRUE;
}
bver = portver(pkg:"ethereal-lite");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.0.4_1")<0) {
txt += 'Package ethereal-lite version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
vuln = TRUE;
}
bver = portver(pkg:"tethereal");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.0.4_1")<0) {
txt += 'Package tethereal version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
vuln = TRUE;
}
bver = portver(pkg:"tethereal-lite");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.0.4_1")<0) {
txt += 'Package tethereal-lite version ' + bver + ' is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n';
vuln = TRUE;
}
if(vuln) {
security_message(data:txt);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}