This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to Denial of
Service vulnerability.
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# OpenVAS Vulnerability Test
# $Id: secpod_wireshark_daintree_sna_dos_vuln_lin.nasl 5148 2017-01-31 13:16:55Z teissa $
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# Wireshark Daintree SNA File Parser Denial of Service Vulnerability (Linux)
#
# 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 allow attackers to cause Denial of Serivce
condition by tricking the user into opening a malformed packet trace file
through Wireshark.
Impact Level: System/Application.";
tag_affected = "Wireshark version 1.2.0 to 1.2.4 on Linux.";
tag_insight = "A boundary error occurs in the 'daintree_sna_read()' function in the Daintree
SNA file parser while processing malformed captured pcap files.";
tag_solution = "Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.2.5,
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(900989);
script_version("$Revision: 5148 $");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"$Date: 2017-01-31 14:16:55 +0100 (Tue, 31 Jan 2017) $");
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_bugtraq_id(37407);
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.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 SecPod");
script_family("Denial of Service");
script_dependencies("gb_wireshark_detect_lin.nasl");
script_require_keys("Wireshark/Linux/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:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
sharkVer = get_kb_item("Wireshark/Linux/Ver");
if(!sharkVer){
exit(0);
}
# Grep for Wireshark version 1.2.0 to 1.2.4
if(version_in_range(version:sharkVer, test_version:"1.2.0",
test_version2:"1.2.4")){
security_message(0);
}