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Wireshark Multiple Denial Of Service Vulnerability - Nov09 (Linux)
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
14 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
- An alignment error within the 'dissect_paltalk()' function in epan/dissectors/packet-paltalk.c of the Paltalk dissector can be exploited to cause a crash. - An off-by-one error within the 'dissect_negprot_response()' function in epan/dissectors/packet-smb.c of the SMB dissector can be exploited to cause a crash.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark version 1.2.0 to 1.2.2 on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark 1.2.3.