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FreeBSD Ports: wireshark
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
The following packages are affected: wireshark wireshark-lite tshark tshark-lite CVE-2012-4048 The PPP dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted packet, as demonstrated by a usbmon dump. CVE-2012-4049 epan/dissectors/packet-nfs.c in the NFS dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.14, 1.6.x before 1.6.9, and 1.8.x before 1.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted packet. CVE-2012-4285 The dissect_pft function in epan/dissectors/packet-dcp-etsi.c in the DCP ETSI dissector in Wireshark 1.4.x before 1.4.15, 1.6.x before 1.6.10, and 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a zero-length message. CVE-2012-4286 The pcapng_read_packet_block function in wiretap/pcapng.c in the pcap-ng file parser in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and application crash) via a crafted pcap-ng file. CVE-2012-4287 epan/dissectors/packet-mongo.c in the MongoDB dissector in Wireshark 1.8.x before 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (loop and CPU consumption) via a small value for a BSON document length. Text truncated. Please see the references for more information.
Solution
Solution
Update your system with the appropriate patches or software upgrades.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-11.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-12.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-13.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-14.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-15.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-16.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-17.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-18.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-19.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-20.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-21.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-22.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-23.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-24.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-25.html
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/4cdfe875-e8d6-11e1-bea0-002354ed89bc.html