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Wireshark Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Critical
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
10.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in handling 'ASN.1 BER dissector' which could be used to exhaust stack memory.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark version 1.2.0 through 1.2.9 Wireshark version 0.10.13 through 1.0.14
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.0.15 or 1.2.10 or later.