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Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities-02 August16 (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

4.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

7 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

The multiple flaws are due to, - An error in 'epan/proto.c' script cause OpenFlow dissector (and possibly others) to go into a long loop. - The 'epan/dissectors/packet-ldss.c' script in the LDSS dissector mishandles conversations. - An Off-by-one error in 'epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c' script in the RLC dissector. - The 'epan/dissectors/packet-rlc.c' in the RLC dissector uses an incorrect integer data type. - An error in 'epan/dissectors/packet-wsp.c' script cause WSP dissector to go into a long loop. - An error in 'epan/dissectors/packet-packetbb.c' script could cause a divide-by-zero error in PacketBB dissector.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Wireshark version 1.12.x before 1.12.13 and 2.0.x before 2.0.5 on Windows.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.12.13 or 2.0.5 or later.