The remote host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to
denial of service vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_wireshark_pcnfsd_dos_vuln_win.nasl 6519 2017-07-04 14:08:14Z cfischer $
#
# Wireshark PCNFSD Dissector Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
#
# Authors:
# Nikita MR <[email protected]>
#
# Copyright:
# Copyright (c) 2009 SecPod, http://www.secpod.com
#
# 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_impact = "Successful exploitation will let the user crash the application to cause
denial of service condition.
Impact Level: Application";
tag_affected = "Wireshark version 0.8.20 through 1.0.7 on Windows.";
tag_insight = "The flaw is due to an error in the PCNFSD dissector when processing specially
crafted large PCNFSD packets.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Wireshark 1.0.8
http://www.wireshark.org/download.html";
tag_summary = "The remote host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to
denial of service vulnerability.";
if(description)
{
script_id(900559);
script_version("$Revision: 6519 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-07-04 16:08:14 +0200 (Tue, 04 Jul 2017) $");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-06-01 09:35:57 +0200 (Mon, 01 Jun 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-2009-1829");
script_bugtraq_id(35081);
script_name("Wireshark PCNFSD Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)");
script_xref(name : "URL" , value : "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1408");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 SecPod");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_win.nasl");
script_mandatory_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 : "solution" , value : tag_solution);
script_tag(name : "summary" , value : tag_summary);
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);
}
if(version_in_range(version:sharkVer, test_version:"0.8.20", test_version2:"1.0.7")){
security_message(0);
}