Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-4083 - Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Wireshark 2.0.0/2.0.1/2.0.2

047910
CVSS 5.9 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
NONE
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
HIGH
network
high complexity
wireshark
CWE-20
nessus
NVD
Published: 2016-04-25
Updated: 2023-11-07

Summary

epan/dissectors/packet-mswsp.c in the MS-WSP dissector in Wireshark 2.0.x before 2.0.3 does not ensure that data is available before array allocation, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted packet.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Wireshark
3

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Server Side Include (SSI) Injection
    An attacker can use Server Side Include (SSI) Injection to send code to a web application that then gets executed by the web server. Doing so enables the attacker to achieve similar results to Cross Site Scripting, viz., arbitrary code execution and information disclosure, albeit on a more limited scale, since the SSI directives are nowhere near as powerful as a full-fledged scripting language. Nonetheless, the attacker can conveniently gain access to sensitive files, such as password files, and execute shell commands.
  • Cross Zone Scripting
    An attacker is able to cause a victim to load content into their web-browser that bypasses security zone controls and gain access to increased privileges to execute scripting code or other web objects such as unsigned ActiveX controls or applets. This is a privilege elevation attack targeted at zone-based web-browser security. In a zone-based model, pages belong to one of a set of zones corresponding to the level of privilege assigned to that page. Pages in an untrusted zone would have a lesser level of access to the system and/or be restricted in the types of executable content it was allowed to invoke. In a cross-zone scripting attack, a page that should be assigned to a less privileged zone is granted the privileges of a more trusted zone. This can be accomplished by exploiting bugs in the browser, exploiting incorrect configuration in the zone controls, through a cross-site scripting attack that causes the attackers' content to be treated as coming from a more trusted page, or by leveraging some piece of system functionality that is accessible from both the trusted and less trusted zone. This attack differs from "Restful Privilege Escalation" in that the latter correlates to the inadequate securing of RESTful access methods (such as HTTP DELETE) on the server, while cross-zone scripting attacks the concept of security zones as implemented by a browser.
  • Cross Site Scripting through Log Files
    An attacker may leverage a system weakness where logs are susceptible to log injection to insert scripts into the system's logs. If these logs are later viewed by an administrator through a thin administrative interface and the log data is not properly HTML encoded before being written to the page, the attackers' scripts stored in the log will be executed in the administrative interface with potentially serious consequences. This attack pattern is really a combination of two other attack patterns: log injection and stored cross site scripting.
  • Command Line Execution through SQL Injection
    An attacker uses standard SQL injection methods to inject data into the command line for execution. This could be done directly through misuse of directives such as MSSQL_xp_cmdshell or indirectly through injection of data into the database that would be interpreted as shell commands. Sometime later, an unscrupulous backend application (or could be part of the functionality of the same application) fetches the injected data stored in the database and uses this data as command line arguments without performing proper validation. The malicious data escapes that data plane by spawning new commands to be executed on the host.

Nessus

  • NASL familyMacOS X Local Security Checks
    NASL idMACOSX_WIRESHARK_2_0_3.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Wireshark installed on the remote Mac OS X host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the following components : - GSM CBCH dissector - IAX2 dissector - IEEE 802.11 dissector - MS-WSP dissector - NCP dissector - PKTC dissector - TShark
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id90785
    published2016-04-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90785
    titleWireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.3 Multiple DoS (Mac OS X)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(90785);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/20");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-4006",
    "CVE-2016-4076",
    "CVE-2016-4077",
    "CVE-2016-4078",
    "CVE-2016-4079",
    "CVE-2016-4080",
    "CVE-2016-4081",
    "CVE-2016-4082",
    "CVE-2016-4083",
    "CVE-2016-4084"
  );
  script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"39503");
  script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"39604");
  script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"39644");

  script_name(english:"Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.3 Multiple DoS (Mac OS X)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Wireshark.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Mac OS X host has an application installed that is affected
by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Mac OS X host is
2.0.x prior to 2.0.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of
service vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - GSM CBCH dissector
  - IAX2 dissector
  - IEEE 802.11 dissector
  - MS-WSP dissector
  - NCP dissector
  - PKTC dissector
  - TShark");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.0.3.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.0.3 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-4084");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/02/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/04/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/04/29");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("macosx_wireshark_installed.nbin");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Wireshark");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("install_func.inc");

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);

get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/MacOSX/Version");

app_name = "Wireshark";
install = get_single_install(app_name:app_name, exit_if_unknown_ver:TRUE);
version = install['version'];
path    = install['path'];
fix = '2.0.3';

# Affected :
#  2.0.x < 2.0.2
if (version =~ '^2\\.0\\.' && ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) < 0)
{

  report =
    '\n  Path              : ' + path +
    '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
    '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fix +
    '\n';

  security_report_v4(port:0, severity:SECURITY_WARNING, extra:report);
}
else audit(AUDIT_INST_PATH_NOT_VULN, app_name, version, path);
  • NASL familyWindows
    NASL idWIRESHARK_2_0_3.NASL
    descriptionThe version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x prior to 2.0.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities in the following components : - GSM CBCH dissector - IAX2 dissector - IEEE 802.11 dissector - MS-WSP dissector - NCP dissector - PKTC dissector - TShark
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id90787
    published2016-04-29
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90787
    titleWireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.3 Multiple DoS
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(90787);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/20");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2016-4006",
    "CVE-2016-4076",
    "CVE-2016-4077",
    "CVE-2016-4078",
    "CVE-2016-4079",
    "CVE-2016-4080",
    "CVE-2016-4081",
    "CVE-2016-4082",
    "CVE-2016-4083",
    "CVE-2016-4084"
  );
  script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"39503");
  script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"39604");
  script_xref(name:"EDB-ID", value:"39644");

  script_name(english:"Wireshark 2.0.x < 2.0.3 Multiple DoS");
  script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Wireshark.");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Windows host has an application installed that is affected
by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The version of Wireshark installed on the remote Windows host is 2.0.x
prior to 2.0.3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple denial of
service vulnerabilities in the following components :

  - GSM CBCH dissector
  - IAX2 dissector
  - IEEE 802.11 dissector
  - MS-WSP dissector
  - NCP dissector
  - PKTC dissector
  - TShark");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.0.3.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.0.3 or later.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2016-4084");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/02/24");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/04/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/04/29");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:wireshark:wireshark");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Windows");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("wireshark_installed.nasl");
  script_require_keys("installed_sw/Wireshark");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("install_func.inc");

app_name = "Wireshark";
install = get_single_install(app_name:app_name, exit_if_unknown_ver:TRUE);
version = install['version'];
path    = install['path'];
fix = '2.0.3';

# Affected :
#  2.0.x < 2.0.2
if (version =~ '^2\\.0\\.' && ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) < 0)
{
  port = get_kb_item("SMB/transport");
  if (!port) port = 445;

  report =
    '\n  Path              : ' + path +
    '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
    '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fix +
    '\n';

  security_report_v4(port:port, severity:SECURITY_WARNING, extra:report);
}
else audit(AUDIT_INST_PATH_NOT_VULN, app_name, version, path);
  • NASL familyFreeBSD Local Security Checks
    NASL idFREEBSD_PKG_7E36C36910C011E694FA002590263BF5.NASL
    descriptionWireshark development team reports : The following vulnerabilities have been fixed : - wnpa-sec-2016-19 The NCP dissector could crash. (Bug 11591) - wnpa-sec-2016-20 TShark could crash due to a packet reassembly bug. (Bug 11799) - wnpa-sec-2016-21 The IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash. (Bug 11824, Bug 12187) - wnpa-sec-2016-22 The PKTC dissector could crash. (Bug 12206) - wnpa-sec-2016-23 The PKTC dissector could crash. (Bug 12242) - wnpa-sec-2016-24 The IAX2 dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 12260) - wnpa-sec-2016-25 Wireshark and TShark could exhaust the stack. (Bug 12268) - wnpa-sec-2016-26 The GSM CBCH dissector could crash. (Bug 12278) - wnpa-sec-2016-27 MS-WSP dissector crash. (Bug 12341)
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id90846
    published2016-05-03
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90846
    titleFreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (7e36c369-10c0-11e6-94fa-002590263bf5)
    code
    #
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the FreeBSD VuXML database :
#
# Copyright 2003-2018 Jacques Vidrine and contributors
#
# Redistribution and use in source (VuXML) and 'compiled' forms (SGML,
# HTML, PDF, PostScript, RTF and so forth) with or without modification,
# are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
# 1. Redistributions of source code (VuXML) must retain the above
#    copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
#    disclaimer as the first lines of this file unmodified.
# 2. Redistributions in compiled form (transformed to other DTDs,
#    published online in any format, converted to PDF, PostScript,
#    RTF and other formats) must reproduce the above copyright
#    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
#    in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
#    distribution.
# 
# THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
# AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
# PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS
# BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY,
# OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT
# OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR
# BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
# WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE
# OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS DOCUMENTATION,
# EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
#

include("compat.inc");

if (description)
{
  script_id(90846);
  script_version("2.5");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/21 10:46:31");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2016-4006", "CVE-2016-4076", "CVE-2016-4077", "CVE-2016-4078", "CVE-2016-4079", "CVE-2016-4080", "CVE-2016-4081", "CVE-2016-4082", "CVE-2016-4083", "CVE-2016-4084");

  script_name(english:"FreeBSD : wireshark -- multiple vulnerabilities (7e36c369-10c0-11e6-94fa-002590263bf5)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks for updated packages in pkg_info output");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:
"The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related
updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Wireshark development team reports :

The following vulnerabilities have been fixed :

- wnpa-sec-2016-19

The NCP dissector could crash. (Bug 11591)

- wnpa-sec-2016-20

TShark could crash due to a packet reassembly bug. (Bug 11799)

- wnpa-sec-2016-21

The IEEE 802.11 dissector could crash. (Bug 11824, Bug 12187)

- wnpa-sec-2016-22

The PKTC dissector could crash. (Bug 12206)

- wnpa-sec-2016-23

The PKTC dissector could crash. (Bug 12242)

- wnpa-sec-2016-24

The IAX2 dissector could go into an infinite loop. (Bug 12260)

- wnpa-sec-2016-25

Wireshark and TShark could exhaust the stack. (Bug 12268)

- wnpa-sec-2016-26

The GSM CBCH dissector could crash. (Bug 12278)

- wnpa-sec-2016-27

MS-WSP dissector crash. (Bug 12341)"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-2.0.3.html"
  );
  # http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/25/2
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/25/2"
  );
  # https://vuxml.freebsd.org/freebsd/7e36c369-10c0-11e6-94fa-002590263bf5.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?35788cf4"
  );
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tshark");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:tshark-lite");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark-lite");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:wireshark-qt5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2016/04/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2016/05/02");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2016/05/03");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"FreeBSD Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/FreeBSD/release", "Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info");

  exit(0);
}


include("audit.inc");
include("freebsd_package.inc");


if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "FreeBSD");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


flag = 0;

if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"wireshark<2.0.3")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"wireshark-lite<2.0.3")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"wireshark-qt5<2.0.3")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"tshark<2.0.3")) flag++;
if (pkg_test(save_report:TRUE, pkg:"tshark-lite<2.0.3")) flag++;

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

References