| VID |
28273 |
| Severity |
40 |
| Port |
139,445 |
| Protocol |
TCP |
| Class |
SMB |
| Detailed Description |
A version of Wireshark which is older than 1.2.9 or version of Etherial which is older than 1.0.14 has been installed on the host. Wireshark is a free packet analyzer computer application. There are vulnerable to multiple vulnerabilities.
- The SMB dissector can be affected by a NULL pointer dereference. (Bug 4734)
- The ANS.1 BER dissector can be affected by a buffer overflow.
- The SMB PIPE dissector can be affected by a NULL pointer dereference on some platforms.
- The SigComp Universal Decompressor Virtual Machine can be affected by an infinite loop or a buffer overflow.(Bug 4826, 4837)
* Note: This check requires an account with administrative privileges which can log into the host to scan. Absence of this condition will result in the check not being performed and a False Negative for all vulnerable hosts.
* References:
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-05.html
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2010-06.html
* Platforms Affected:
Wireshark versions prior to 1.2.9 or prior to 1.0.14
Microsoft Windows Any version |
| Recommendation |
Upgrade to the latest version Wireshark (1.0.14/1.2.9 or later), available from the Wireshark.org Web site at http://www.wireshark.org/download.html |
| Related URL |
CVE-2010-2283,CVE-2010-2284,CVE-2010-2285,CVE-2010-2286,CVE-2010-2287 (CVE) |
| Related URL |
40728 (SecurityFocus) |
| Related URL |
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