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Wireshark Pcapng File Parser Denial-of-Service Vulnerability Nov15 (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

8 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

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

Insight

Insight

The flaw is due to an error in 'pcapng_read_if_descr_block' function in 'wiretap/pcapng.c' script within the pcapng parser which uses too many levels of pointer indirection.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Wireshark version 1.12.x before 1.12.8 on Windows

Detection Method

Detection Method

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

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.12.8 or later.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)