This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple
Denial of Service vulnerabilities.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_wireshark_mult_dos_vuln_nov09_win.nasl 4906 2017-01-02 13:06:55Z teissa $
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# Wireshark Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities - Nov09 (Windows)
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# Authors:
# Antu Sanadi <[email protected]>
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# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2
# (or any later version), as published by the Free Software Foundation.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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tag_solution = "Upgrade to Wireshark 1.2.3
http://www.wireshark.org/download.html
Workaround: Disable the affected dissectors,
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html";
tag_impact = "Successful exploitation could result in Denial of Serivce condition.
Impact Level: Application.";
tag_affected = "Wireshark version 1.2.0 to 1.2.2 on Windows.";
tag_insight = "- An alignment error within the 'dissect_paltalk()' function in
epan/dissectors/packet-paltalk.c of the Paltalk dissector that can be
exploited to cause a crash.
- An off-by-one error within the 'dissect_negprot_response()' function in
epan/dissectors/packet-smb.c of the SMB dissector that can be exploited to
cause a crash.";
tag_summary = "This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple
Denial of Service vulnerabilities.";
if(description)
{
script_id(801032);
script_version("$Revision: 4906 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-01-02 14:06:55 +0100 (Mon, 02 Jan 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-11-04 07:03:36 +0100 (Wed, 04 Nov 2009)");
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_cve_id("CVE-2009-3549", "CVE-2009-3551");
script_bugtraq_id(36846);
script_name("Wireshark Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerabilities - Nov09 (Windows)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://secunia.com/advisories/37175");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3061");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3689");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
script_require_keys("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
sharkVer = get_kb_item("Wireshark/Win/Ver");
if(!sharkVer){
exit(0);
}
# Grep for Wireshark version 1.2.0 to 1.2.2
if(version_in_range(version:sharkVer, test_version:"1.2.0", test_version2:"1.2.2")){
security_message(0);
}