CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
93.7%
Wireshark is prone to unsigned integer wrap vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801036");
script_version("2024-07-23T05:05:30+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-07-23 05:05:30 +0000 (Tue, 23 Jul 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-11-04 07:03:36 +0100 (Wed, 04 Nov 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-3829");
script_name("Wireshark 'wiretap/erf.c' Unsigned Integer Wrap Vulnerability (Nov 2009) - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/676492");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36846");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3849");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/windows/detected");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful remote exploitation will let the attacker execute arbitrary code
or cause a Denial of Service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version prior to 1.2.2 on Windows.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists due to an integer overflow error in 'wiretap/erf.c' when
processing an 'erf' file causes Wireshark to allocate a very large buffer.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark 1.2.2.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to unsigned integer wrap vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if(!infos = get_app_version_and_location(cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];
if(version_is_less(version:version, test_version:"1.2.2")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, fixed_version:"1.2.2", install_path:location);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);