NASLDB: Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.9 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
General
ID: 60117
Name: Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.9 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Summary: Does a version check
Credits: Tenable Network Security, Inc.
Classification
Risk: –
CVSS: –
CVSS Base Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
Port: –
Family: Windows
Type: Local
Description
The installed version of Wireshark is 1.6.x before 1.6.9. This
version is affected by the following vulnerabilities :
– An error exists in the ‘PPP’ dissector that can cause
the application to crash when reading a malformed
packet from either the wire or from a capture file.
(CVE-2012-4048)
– An error exists in the ‘NFS’ dissector that can cause
the application to consume excessive CPU resources when
reading a malformed packet from either the wire or from
a capture file. (CVE-2012-4049)
Exploiting
Exploit Available: False
Exploitability Ease: No known exploits are available
Sources
CVE: CVE-2012-4048
OSVDB: –
Bugtraq: –
scipID: –
Timeline
Vulnerability Disclosure: 2012/07/22
Patch Release: 2012/07/22
Plugin Release: 2012/07/25
Plugin
Version: 1.4
Filename: wireshark_1_6_9.nasl
Filesize: 4027 bytes
MD5 Hash: 995d547b91549c0b851face5dc20aaa1
Identification: SMB/transport
Require Keys: SMB/Wireshark/Installed
Dependencies: "wireshark_installed.nasl"
Copyright: This script is Copyright© 2012 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
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