The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 1.6.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.6.9 advisory.

  - epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9,     and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via     a crafted packet. (CVE-2012-4049)

  - The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump. (CVE-2012-4048)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.6.9. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.6.9 advisory.

  - epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9,     and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via     a crafted packet. (CVE-2012-4049)

  - The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump. (CVE-2012-4048)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote macOS / Mac OS X host is prior to 1.8.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.8.1 advisory.

  - epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9,     and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via     a crafted packet. (CVE-2012-4049)

  - The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump. (CVE-2012-4048)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Wireshark reports :

It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file.

The PPP dissector could crash.

The NFS dissector could use excessive amounts of CPU.

The DCP ETSI dissector could trigger a zero division.

The MongoDB dissector could go into a large loop.

The XTP dissector could go into an infinite loop.

The ERF dissector could overflow a buffer.

The AFP dissector could go into a large loop.

The RTPS2 dissector could overflow a buffer.

The GSM RLC MAC dissector could overflow a buffer.

The CIP dissector could exhaust system memory.

The STUN dissector could crash.

The EtherCAT Mailbox dissector could abort.

The CTDB dissector could go into a large loop.

The pcap-ng file parser could trigger a zero division.

The Ixia IxVeriWave file parser could overflow a buffer.

Multiple vulnerabilities was found and corrected in Wireshark :

It may be possible to make Wireshark crash by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file (CVE-2012-4048).

It may be possible to make Wireshark consume excessive CPU resources by injecting a malformed packet onto the wire or by convincing someone to read a malformed packet trace file (CVE-2012-4049).

This advisory provides the latest versiona of Wireshark (1.4.14, 1.6.8) which is not vulnerable to these issues.

wireshark was updated to 1.4.15 to fix multiple security issues.

Issues fixed :

  - fix bnc#776038(CVE-2012-4285 / CVE-2012-4288 /     CVE-2012-4289 / CVE-2012-4296 / CVE-2012-4291 /     CVE-2012-4292 / CVE-2012-4293 / CVE-2012-4290),     bnc#772738 (CVE-2012-4048 / CVE-2012-4049)(fixed     upstream)

  - Security fixes :

  - wnpa-sec-2012-13 The DCP ETSI dissector could trigger a     zero division. Reported by Laurent Butti. (Bug 7566)

  - wnpa-sec-2012-15 The XTP dissector could go into an     infinite loop. Reported by Ben Schmidt. (Bug 7571)

  - wnpa-sec-2012-17 The AFP dissector could go into a large     loop. Reported by Stefan Cornelius. (Bug 7603)

  - wnpa-sec-2012-18 The RTPS2 dissector could overflow a     buffer. Reported by Laurent Butti. (Bug 7568)

  - wnpa-sec-2012-20 The CIP dissector could exhaust system     memory. Reported y Ben Schmidt. (Bug 7570)

  - wnpa-sec-2012-21 The STUN dissector could crash.
    Reported by Laurent Butti. (Bug 7569)

  - wnpa-sec-2012-22 The EtherCAT Mailbox dissector could     abort. Reported by Laurent Butti. (Bug 7562)

  - wnpa-sec-2012-23 The CTDB dissector could go into a     large loop. Reported by Ben Schmidt. (Bug 7573)

  - Bug fixes :

  - Wireshark crashes on opening very short NFS pcap file.
    (Bug 7498)

  - Updated Protocol Support

  - AFP, Bluetooth L2CAP, CIP, CTDB, DCP ETSI, EtherCAT     Mailbox, FC Link Control LISP, NFS, RTPS2, SCTP, STUN,     XTP

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.8.1. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.8.1 advisory.

  - epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9,     and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via     a crafted packet. (CVE-2012-4049)

  - The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump. (CVE-2012-4048)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in wireshark :

Infinite and large loops in ANSI MAP, BACapp, Bluetooth HCI, IEEE 802.3, LTP, and R3 dissectors have been fixed. Discovered by Laurent Butti (http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-08.html [CVE-2012-2392])

The DIAMETER dissector could try to allocate memory improperly and crash (http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-09.html [CVE-2012-2393])

Wireshark could crash on SPARC processors due to misaligned memory.
Discovered by Klaus Heckelmann (http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-10.html [CVE-2012-2394])

The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump (CVE-2012-4048).

epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted packet (CVE-2012-4049).

The DCP ETSI dissector could trigger a zero division (CVE-2012-4285).

The XTP dissector could go into an infinite loop (CVE-2012-4288).

The AFP dissector could go into a large loop (CVE-2012-4289).

The RTPS2 dissector could overflow a buffer (CVE-2012-4296).

The GSM RLC MAC dissector could overflow a buffer (CVE-2012-4297).

The CIP dissector could exhaust system memory (CVE-2012-4291).

The STUN dissector could crash (CVE-2012-4292).

The EtherCAT Mailbox dissector could abort (CVE-2012-4293).

The CTDB dissector could go into a large loop (CVE-2012-4290).

Martin Wilck discovered an infinite loop in the DRDA dissector (CVE-2012-5239).

The USB dissector could go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2012-31)

The ISAKMP dissector could crash. (wnpa-sec-2012-35)

The iSCSI dissector could go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2012-36)

The WTP dissector could go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2012-37)

The RTCP dissector could go into an infinite loop. (wnpa-sec-2012-38)

The ICMPv6 dissector could go into an infinite loop.
(wnpa-sec-2012-40)

Infinite and large loops in the Bluetooth HCI, CSN.1, DCP-ETSI DOCSIS CM-STAUS, IEEE 802.3 Slow Protocols, MPLS, R3, RTPS, SDP, and SIP dissectors (wnpa-sec-2013-01).

The CLNP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2013-02).

The DTN dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2013-03).

The MS-MMC dissector (and possibly others) could crash (wnpa-sec-2013-04).

The DTLS dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2013-05).

The DCP-ETSI dissector could corrupt memory (wnpa-sec-2013-07).

The Wireshark dissection engine could crash (wnpa-sec-2013-08).

The NTLMSSP dissector could overflow a buffer (wnpa-sec-2013-09).

The sFlow dissector could go into an infinite loop (CVE-2012-6054).

The SCTP dissector could go into an infinite loop (CVE-2012-6056).

The MS-MMS dissector could crash (CVE-2013-2478).

The RTPS and RTPS2 dissectors could crash (CVE-2013-2480).

The Mount dissector could crash (CVE-2013-2481).

The AMPQ dissector could go into an infinite loop (CVE-2013-2482).

The ACN dissector could attempt to divide by zero (CVE-2013-2483).

The CIMD dissector could crash (CVE-2013-2484).

The FCSP dissector could go into an infinite loop (CVE-2013-2485).

The DTLS dissector could crash (CVE-2013-2488).

This advisory provides the latest version of Wireshark (1.6.14) which is not vulnerable to these issues.

The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is prior to 1.4.14. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the wireshark-1.4.14 advisory.

  - epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9,     and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via     a crafted packet. (CVE-2012-4049)

  - The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows     remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a     crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump. (CVE-2012-4048)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

- This version update fixes the following security issues     (bnc#772738) :

  - The PPP dissector could crash (wnpa-sec-2012-11     CVE-2012-4048)

  - The NFS dissector could use excessive amounts of CPU     (wnpa-sec-2012-12 CVE-2012-4049)

ID	名前	製品	ファミリー	公開日	更新日	深刻度
364161	Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	2026/10/8	2026/10/8	high
60117	Wireshark 1.6.x < 1.6.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	2012/7/25	2026/10/8	high
368077	Wireshark 1.8.x < 1.8.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	2026/10/20	2026/10/20	high
61588	FreeBSD : Wireshark -- Multiple vulnerabilities (4cdfe875-e8d6-11e1-bea0-002354ed89bc)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	2012/8/20	2021/1/6	high
61974	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2012:125)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	2012/9/6	2021/1/6	low
64231	SuSE 11.2 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 6760)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2013/1/25	2021/1/19	low
60118	Wireshark 1.8.x < 1.8.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	2012/7/25	2026/10/20	high
66069	Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : wireshark (MDVSA-2013:055)	Nessus	Mandriva Local Security Checks	2013/4/20	2021/1/6	high
60116	Wireshark 1.4.x < 1.4.14 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	2012/7/25	2026/10/6	high
74695	openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (openSUSE-SU-2012:0930-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	2014/6/13	2021/1/19	low

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