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Wireshark ASN.1 BER Dissector DoS Vulnerability - May 13 (Mac OS X)
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
10 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
- 'fragment_add_seq_common' function in epan/reassemble.c has an incorrect pointer dereference. - 'dissect_ber_choice' function in epan/dissectors/packet-ber.c does not properly initialize variables.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark 1.6.x before 1.6.15 and 1.8.x before 1.8.7 on Mac OS X
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.6.15 or 1.8.7 or later.