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Wireshark Code Execution and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to code execution and denial of service vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to - An unspecified error related to Lua scripts, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Lua script in an unspecified directory. - An error in 'IKEv1' protocol dissector and 'proto_tree_add_item()', when add more than 1000000 items to a proto_tree, that will cause a denial of service.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark versions 1.4.x before 1.4.9 and 1.6.x before 1.6.2 on Mac OS X
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.4.9, 1.6.2 or later.