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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802899
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Wireshark PPP And NFS Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerabilities - Mac OS X
Summary:Wireshark is prone to denial of service vulnerabilities.
Description:Summary:
Wireshark is prone to denial of service vulnerabilities.

Vulnerability Insight:
Errors within the PPP and 'epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c' in the NFS
dissector can be exploited to cause a crash via specially crafted packets.

Vulnerability Impact:
Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to cause a denial of
service.

Affected Software/OS:
Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.14,
1.6.x before 1.6.9 and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 on Mac OS X.

Solution:
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.14, 1.6.9, 1.8.1 or later.

CVSS Score:
3.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-4048
Debian Security Information: DSA-2590 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2590
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-201308-05.xml
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15547
http://secunia.com/advisories/49971
http://secunia.com/advisories/54425
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2012:0930 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-08/msg00000.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2012-4049
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15707
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG

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