Vulnerabilities > CVE-2008-4681 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Wireshark

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from openSUSE Security Update wireshark-5783.
#
# The text description of this plugin is (C) SUSE LLC.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(34990);
  script_version ("1.12");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:33");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-3933", "CVE-2008-4680", "CVE-2008-4681", "CVE-2008-4683", "CVE-2008-4684", "CVE-2008-4685");

  script_name(english:"openSUSE 10 Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-5783)");
  script_summary(english:"Check for the wireshark-5783 patch");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"This update fixes problems that could crash wireshark when processing
compressed data (CVE-2008-3933) as well as CVE-2008-4680 (USB
dissector crash), CVE-2008-4681 (Bluetooth RFCOMM dissector crash),
CVE-2008-4683 (Bluetooth ACL dissector crash), CVE-2008-4684 (PRP and
MATE dissector crash) and CVE-2008-4685 (Q.931 dissector crash)."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected wireshark packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cwe_id(20, 399);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:wireshark-devel");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:10.2");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/11/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/12/01");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
  script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list", "Host/cpu");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
if (isnull(release) || release =~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "openSUSE");
if (release !~ "^(SUSE10\.2)$") audit(AUDIT_OS_RELEASE_NOT, "openSUSE", "10.2", release);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

ourarch = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (!ourarch) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (ourarch !~ "^(i586|i686|x86_64)$") audit(AUDIT_ARCH_NOT, "i586 / i686 / x86_64", ourarch);

flag = 0;

if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"wireshark-0.99.5-5.15") ) flag++;
if ( rpm_check(release:"SUSE10.2", reference:"wireshark-devel-0.99.5-5.15") ) flag++;

if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wireshark");
}

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text is (C) Scientific Linux.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(60541);
  script_version("1.6");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/10/25 13:36:18");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-4680", "CVE-2008-4681", "CVE-2008-4682", "CVE-2008-4683", "CVE-2008-4684", "CVE-2008-4685", "CVE-2008-5285", "CVE-2009-0599", "CVE-2009-0600");

  script_name(english:"Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Multiple buffer overflow flaws were found in Wireshark. If Wireshark
read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malformed dump file,
it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user
running Wireshark. (CVE-2008-4683, CVE-2009-0599)

Several denial of service flaws were found in Wireshark. Wireshark
could crash or stop responding if it read a malformed packet off a
network, or opened a malformed dump file. (CVE-2008-4680,
CVE-2008-4681, CVE-2008-4682,CVE-2008-4684, CVE-2008-4685,
CVE-2008-5285, CVE-2009-0600)

All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to
take effect."
  );
  # https://listserv.fnal.gov/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0903&L=scientific-linux-errata&T=0&P=326
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?fcc831f3"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected wireshark and / or wireshark-gnome packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_cwe_id(20, 119, 399);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2008/10/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2009/03/04");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2012/08/01");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2012-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Scientific Linux Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/RedHat/release", "Host/RedHat/rpm-list");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("rpm.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
release = get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/release");
if (isnull(release) || "Scientific Linux " >!< release) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "running Scientific Linux");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if (cpu >!< "x86_64" && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "Scientific Linux", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"wireshark-1.0.6-EL3.3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL3", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.6-EL3.3")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", reference:"wireshark-1.0.6-2.el4_7")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL4", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.6-2.el4_7")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"wireshark-1.0.6-2.el5_3")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"SL5", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.6-2.el5_3")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
  else security_warning(0);
  exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");

• name	Aharon Chernin
  organization	SCAP.com, LLC

• name	Dragos Prisaca
  organization	G2, Inc.

• comment	The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11782

• comment	CentOS Linux 3.x
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16651

• comment	The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11831

• comment	CentOS Linux 4.x
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16636

• comment	Oracle Linux 4.x
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15990

• comment	The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11414

• comment	The operating system installed on the system is CentOS Linux 5.x
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15802

• comment	Oracle Linux 5.x
  oval	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15459

• name	Shane Shaffer
  organization	G2, Inc.

• name	Shane Shaffer
  organization	G2, Inc.

• name	Shane Shaffer
  organization	G2, Inc.

• name	Shane Shaffer
  organization	G2, Inc.