CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
71.1%
Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801208");
script_version("2024-07-22T05:05:40+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2024-07-22 05:05:40 +0000 (Mon, 22 Jul 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2010-05-19 14:50:39 +0200 (Wed, 19 May 2010)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2010-1455");
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_name("Wireshark DOCSIS Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/39661");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39950");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-03.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-04.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2010 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 exploitation will allow attackers to crash the application.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark Version 0.9.6 through 1.0.12 and Wireshark Version 1.2.0 through 1.2.7.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is caused by an error in the DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface
Specification) dissector when processing malformed data. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a
user into opening a malformed packet trace file.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the latest version of Wireshark 1.2.8 or 1.0.13.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) 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_in_range(version:version, test_version:"0.9.6", test_version2:"1.0.12") ||
version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"1.2.0", test_version2:"1.2.7")) {
security_message(port:0, data:"The target host was found to be vulnerable");
exit(0);
}
exit(99);