4.3 Medium
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
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.1%
Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.807446");
script_version("2024-02-16T05:06:55+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-2528", "CVE-2016-2527", "CVE-2016-2526", "CVE-2016-2524",
"CVE-2016-2525", "CVE-2016-2522", "CVE-2016-4415", "CVE-2016-4416",
"CVE-2016-4419", "CVE-2016-4420");
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:"2024-02-16 05:06:55 +0000 (Fri, 16 Feb 2024)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-09-08 01:29:00 +0000 (Fri, 08 Sep 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-03-03 10:39:01 +0530 (Thu, 03 Mar 2016)");
script_name("Wireshark Multiple Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities (Mar 2016) - Windows");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to:
- The 'dissect_nhdr_extopt' function in 'epan/dissectors/packet-lbmc.c'
script in the LBMC dissector does not validate length values.
- The 'wiretap/nettrace_3gpp_32_423.c' script in the 3GPP TS 32.423 Trace
file parser does not ensure that a '\0' character is present at the end
of certain strings.
- The 'epan/dissectors/packet-hiqnet.c' script in the HiQnet dissector does
not validate the data type.
- The 'epan/dissectors/packet-x509af.c' script in the X.509AF dissector
mishandles the algorithm ID.
- The 'epan/dissectors/packet-http2.c' script in the HTTP/2 dissector does
not limit the amount of header data.
- The 'dissect_ber_constrained_bitstring' function in 'epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c'
script in the ASN.1 BER dissector does not verify that a certain length
is nonzero.
- A heap-based buffer overflow error in 'wiretap/vwr.c' script in the
Ixia IxVeriWave file parser.
- An error in NFS dissector.
- 'epan/dissectors/packet-spice.c' script in the SPICE dissector in
mishandles capability data.
- 'epan/dissectors/packet-ieee80211.c' script in the IEEE 802.11 dissector
mishandles the Grouping subfield.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to conduct denial of service attack.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 2.0.x before 2.0.2
on Windows");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.0.2 or
later.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-08.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-07.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-06.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-04.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-05.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-02.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-13.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!wirversion = get_app_version(cpe:CPE)){
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:wirversion, test_version:"2.0.0", test_version2:"2.0.1"))
{
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:wirversion, fixed_version:"2.0.2");
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-02.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-04.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-05.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-06.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-07.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-08.html
www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2016-13.html
4.3 Medium
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
5.9 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.008 Low
EPSS
Percentile
81.1%