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Wireshark Denial of Service Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.5
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
5 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The netmonrec_comment_destroy function in wiretap/netmon.c in Wireshark performs a free operation on an uninitialized memory address, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark up to and including version 2.4.4 on Windows.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 2.6.0 or later.