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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)