CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0360) - Nessus

High Plugin ID: 45594

This page contains detailed information about the CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0360) Nessus plugin including available exploits and PoCs found on GitHub, in Metasploit or Exploit-DB for verifying of this vulnerability.

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Plugin Overview
Vulnerability Information

Synopsis
Description
Solution

Public Exploits
Risk Information
Plugin Source
How to Run
References
Version

Plugin Overview

ID: 45594
Name: CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0360)
Filename: centos_RHSA-2010-0360.nasl
Vulnerability Published: 2009-07-21
This Plugin Published: 2010-04-22
Last Modification Time: 2021-01-04
Plugin Version: 1.21
Plugin Type: local
Plugin Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Required KB Items [?]: Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/local_checks_enabled

Vulnerability Information

Severity: High
Vulnerability Published: 2009-07-21
Patch Published: 2010-04-20
CVE [?]: CVE-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829, CVE-2009-4377, CVE-2010-0304
CPE [?]: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark-gnome

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was previously known as Ethereal.

An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in the Wireshark SMB and SMB2 dissectors. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2009-4377)

Several buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark LWRES dissector. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2010-0304)

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 malicious dump file. (CVE-2009-2560, CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain Wireshark version 1.0.11, and resolve these issues. All running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected wireshark packages.

Public Exploits

Target Network Port(s): N/A
Target Asset(s): N/A
Exploit Available: True (Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB, Immunity Canvas, Core Impact)
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Here's the list of publicly known exploits and PoCs for verifying the CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0360) vulnerability:

Metasploit: exploit/multi/misc/wireshark_lwres_getaddrbyname_loop
[Wireshark LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (loop)]
Metasploit: exploit/multi/misc/wireshark_lwres_getaddrbyname
[Wireshark LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow]
Exploit-DB: exploits/linux/remote/16289.rb
[EDB-16289: Wireshark - LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)]
Exploit-DB: exploits/multiple/remote/16292.rb
[EDB-16292: Wireshark - LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (Loop) (Metasploit)]
Immunity Canvas: White_Phosphorus

Before running any exploit against any system, make sure you are authorized by the owner of the target system(s) to perform such activity. In any other case, this would be considered as an illegal activity.

WARNING: Beware of using unverified exploits from sources such as GitHub or Exploit-DB. These exploits and PoCs could contain malware. For more information, see how to use exploits safely.

Risk Information

CVSS V2 Vector [?]: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:F/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Base Score:	9.3 (High)
Impact Subscore:	10.0
Exploitability Subscore:	8.6
CVSS Temporal Score:	7.7 (High)
CVSS Environmental Score:	NA (None)
Modified Impact Subscore:	NA
Overall CVSS Score:	7.7 (High)

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Plugin Source

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2010:0360 and 
# CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2010:0360 respectively.
#

include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(45594);
  script_version("1.21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2560", "CVE-2009-2562", "CVE-2009-2563", "CVE-2009-3550", "CVE-2009-3829", "CVE-2009-4377", "CVE-2010-0304");
  script_bugtraq_id(35748, 36591, 36846, 37407, 37985);
  script_xref(name:"RHSA", value:"2010:0360");

  script_name(english:"CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0360)");
  script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages");

  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"synopsis", 
    value:"The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates."
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"description", 
    value:
"Updated wireshark packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having
moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for
each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

Wireshark is a program for monitoring network traffic. Wireshark was
previously known as Ethereal.

An invalid pointer dereference flaw was found in the Wireshark SMB and
SMB2 dissectors. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or
opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute
arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2009-4377)

Several buffer overflow flaws were found in the Wireshark LWRES
dissector. If Wireshark read a malformed packet off a network or
opened a malicious dump file, it could crash or, possibly, execute
arbitrary code as the user running Wireshark. (CVE-2010-0304)

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 malicious dump file. (CVE-2009-2560,
CVE-2009-2562, CVE-2009-2563, CVE-2009-3550, CVE-2009-3829)

Users of Wireshark should upgrade to these updated packages, which
contain Wireshark version 1.0.11, and resolve these issues. All
running instances of Wireshark must be restarted for the update to
take effect."
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-April/016627.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?1304c484"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-April/016628.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?4e24f164"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-April/016629.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?185cf8bb"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-April/016630.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a3cf0dd0"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-May/016670.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a920d944"
  );
  # https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2010-May/016671.html
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"see_also",
    value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?9c47f79c"
  );
  script_set_attribute(
    attribute:"solution", 
    value:"Update the affected wireshark packages."
  );
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:F/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_core", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"metasploit_name", value:'Wireshark LWRES Dissector getaddrsbyname_request Buffer Overflow (loop)');
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_metasploit", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_framework_canvas", value:"true");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"canvas_package", value:'White_Phosphorus');
  script_cwe_id(119, 189);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:wireshark-gnome");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:centos:centos:5");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2009/07/21");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2010/04/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2010/04/22");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2010-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"CentOS Local Security Checks");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/CentOS/release", "Host/CentOS/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/CentOS/release");
if (isnull(release) || "CentOS" >!< release) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS");
os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "CentOS(?: Linux)? release ([0-9]+)", string:release);
if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "CentOS");
os_ver = os_ver[1];
if (! preg(pattern:"^(3|4|5)([^0-9]|$)", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "CentOS 3.x / 4.x / 5.x", "CentOS " + os_ver);

if (!get_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);


cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ("x86_64" >!< cpu && "ia64" >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$") audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "CentOS", cpu);


flag = 0;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"i386", reference:"wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"wireshark-1.0.11-EL3.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"i386", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-EL3.6")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-3", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-EL3.6")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"wireshark-1.0.11-1.el4_8.5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"wireshark-1.0.11-1.el4_8.5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"i386", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-1.el4_8.5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-4", cpu:"x86_64", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-1.el4_8.5")) flag++;

if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"wireshark-1.0.11-1.el5_5.5")) flag++;
if (rpm_check(release:"CentOS-5", reference:"wireshark-gnome-1.0.11-1.el5_5.5")) flag++;


if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : rpm_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  tested = pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "wireshark / wireshark-gnome");
}

The latest version of this script can be found in these locations depending on your platform:

Linux / Unix:
/opt/nessus/lib/nessus/plugins/centos_RHSA-2010-0360.nasl
Windows:
C:\ProgramData\Tenable\Nessus\nessus\plugins\centos_RHSA-2010-0360.nasl
Mac OS X:
/Library/Nessus/run/lib/nessus/plugins/centos_RHSA-2010-0360.nasl

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How to Run

Here is how to run the CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0360) as a standalone plugin via the Nessus web user interface (https://localhost:8834/):

Click to start a New Scan.
Select Advanced Scan.
Navigate to the Plugins tab.
On the top right corner click to Disable All plugins.
On the left side table select CentOS Local Security Checks plugin family.
On the right side table select CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0360) plugin ID 45594.
Specify the target on the Settings tab and click to Save the scan.
Run the scan.

Here are a few examples of how to run the plugin in the command line. Note that the examples below demonstrate the usage on the Linux / Unix platform.

Basic usage:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl centos_RHSA-2010-0360.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with audit trail message on the console:

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -a centos_RHSA-2010-0360.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with trace script execution written to the console (useful for debugging):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -T - centos_RHSA-2010-0360.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

Run the plugin with using a state file for the target and updating it (useful for running multiple plugins on the target):

/opt/nessus/bin/nasl -K /tmp/state centos_RHSA-2010-0360.nasl -t <IP/HOST>

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References

BID | SecurityFocus Bugtraq ID:

35748, 36591, 36846, 37407, 37985

RHSA | Red Hat Security Advisory:

2010:0360

CWE | Common Weakness Enumeration:

CWE-119 (Weakness) Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CWE-189 (Category) Numeric Errors

See also:

Similar and related Nessus plugins:

44847 - Debian DSA-1983-1 : wireshark - several vulnerabilities
47316 - Fedora 12 : wireshark-1.2.6-1.fc12 (2010-3556)
44429 - FreeBSD : wireshark -- LWRES vulnerability (bb0a8795-15dc-11df-bf0a-002170daae37)
68032 - Oracle Linux 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (ELSA-2010-0360)
46301 - RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (RHSA-2010:0360)
60785 - Scientific Linux Security Update : wireshark on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
45072 - openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1900)
45074 - openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1900)
45076 - openSUSE Security Update : wireshark (wireshark-1900)
51635 - SuSE 11 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 2082)
45077 - SuSE 11 Security Update : wireshark (SAT Patch Number 2082)
45070 - SuSE9 Security Update : ethereal (YOU Patch Number 12593)
45078 - SuSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ZYPP Patch Number 6889)
49846 - SuSE 10 Security Update : ethereal (ZYPP Patch Number 6890)
44338 - Wireshark / Ethereal Dissector LWRES Multiple Buffer Overflows

Version

This page has been produced using Nessus Professional 10.1.2 (#68) LINUX, Plugin set 202205072148.
Plugin file centos_RHSA-2010-0360.nasl version 1.21. For more plugins, visit the Nessus Plugin Library.

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CentOS 3 / 4 / 5 : wireshark (CESA-2010:0360) - Nessus

Plugin Overview

Vulnerability Information

Synopsis

Description

Solution

Public Exploits

Risk Information

Plugin Source

How to Run

References

Version

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