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Wireshark 'DCERPC/NT' Dissector DOS Vulnerability - Nov09 (Linux)
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
14 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 a NULL pointer dereference error within the 'DCERPC/NT' dissector that can be exploited to cause a crash.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark version 0.10.13 to 1.0.9 and 1.2.0 to 1.2.2 on Linux.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark 1.0.10 or 1.2.3. Workaround: Disable the affected dissectors.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37175
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54016
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=3689
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.2.3.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/docs/relnotes/wireshark-1.0.10.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-07.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2009-08.html