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
92.0%
Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900989");
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:"2009-12-24 14:01:59 +0100 (Thu, 24 Dec 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-2009-4376");
script_name("Wireshark Daintree SNA File Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability - Linux");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/37842");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37407");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3596");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-09.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4294");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_lin.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("wireshark/linux/detected");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers to cause Denial of service
condition by tricking the user into opening a malformed packet trace file
through Wireshark.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Wireshark version 1.2.0 to 1.2.4 on Linux.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A boundary error occurs in the 'daintree_sna_read()' function in the Daintree
SNA file parser while processing malformed captured pcap files.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.2.5.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Wireshark is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
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:"1.2.0", test_version2:"1.2.4")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:version, vulnerable_range: "1.2.0 - 1.2.4", install_path:location);
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);