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
85.4%
Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802625");
script_version("2024-07-23T05:05:30+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-3482", "CVE-2011-3483", "CVE-2011-3484");
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:"2024-07-23 05:05:30 +0000 (Tue, 23 Jul 2024)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-05-02 12:12:12 +0530 (Wed, 02 May 2012)");
script_name("Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Mac OS X");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/45927/");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49521");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49522");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49524");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-16.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-14.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-12.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/macosx/detected");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause a denial of
service.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark versions 1.6.x before 1.6.2 on Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"- An error related to an uninitialised variable within the CSN.1 dissector
can be exploited to cause a crash.
- A buffer exception handling vulnerability exists that can allow denial of
service attacks when processing certain malformed packets.
- An error within the OpenSafety dissector can be exploited to cause a large
loop and crash the application.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.6.2 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
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:"1.6.0", test_version2:"1.6.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, vulnerable_range:"1.6.0 - 1.6.1", install_path:location);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);