This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of
service vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: gb_wireshark_csn1_dissector_dos_vuln_macosx.nasl 5958 2017-04-17 09:02:19Z teissa $
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# Wireshark CSN.1 Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
#
# Authors:
# Madhuri D <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net
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# 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.
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# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
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tag_impact = "Successful exploitation could allow attackers to cause a denial of service
via a malformed packet.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Wireshark version 1.6.x before 1.6.3";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to an error in csnStreamDissector function in
'epan/dissectors/packet-csn1.c' in the CSN.1 dissector, which fails to
initialize a certain variable.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.6.3 or later,
For updates refer to http://www.wireshark.org/download.html";
tag_summary = "This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of
service vulnerability.";
if(description)
{
script_id(802768);
script_version("$Revision: 5958 $");
script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4100");
script_bugtraq_id(50479);
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-04-17 11:02:19 +0200 (Mon, 17 Apr 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-05-02 17:24:26 +0530 (Wed, 02 May 2012)");
script_name("Wireshark CSN.1 Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)");
script_copyright("Copyright (c) 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_require_keys("Wireshark/MacOSX/Version");
script_tag(name : "impact" , value : tag_impact);
script_tag(name : "affected" , value : tag_affected);
script_tag(name : "insight" , value : tag_insight);
script_tag(name : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750643");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/11/01/9");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2011-17.html");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6351");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=39140");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
## Variable Initialization
wiresharkVer = "";
## Get the version from KB
wiresharkVer = get_kb_item("Wireshark/MacOSX/Version");
if(!wiresharkVer){
exit(0);
}
## Check for Wireshark Version
if(version_in_range(version:wiresharkVer, test_version:"1.6.0", test_version2:"1.6.2")){
security_message(0);
}