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Wireshark Denial-of-Service Vulnerability-02 Mar15 (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
9 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Flaw exists due to Integer overflow in the 'dissect_tnef' function in epan/dissectors/packet-tnef.c script in the TNEF dissector, Off-by-one error in the 'pcapng_read' function in wiretap/pcapng.c script in the pcapng file parser and a flaw in the WCP dissector.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark version 1.12.x before 1.12.4 and 1.10.x before 1.10.13 on Windows
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to version 1.12.4, 1.10.3 or later.