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
High
EPSS
Percentile
61.8%
Wireshark is prone to DoS vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.801758");
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:"2011-03-09 16:08:21 +0100 (Wed, 09 Mar 2011)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-1142");
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 Denial of Service Vulnerability (Mar 2011) - Windows");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1516");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
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 could allow remote attackers to cause a
denial of service via vectors involving self-referential ASN.1 CHOICE values.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.2.0 through 1.2.15 Wireshark version 1.4.0
through 1.4.4");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to stack consumption vulnerability in the
'dissect_ber_choice function' in the 'BER dissector'.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"No known solution was made available for at least one year since the disclosure
of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer
release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to DoS vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"WillNotFix");
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:"1.2.0", test_version2:"1.2.15")||
version_in_range(version:version, test_version:"1.4.0", test_version2:"1.4.4")){
security_message(port:0, data:"The target host was found to be vulnerable");
exit(0);
}
exit(99);