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Wireshark DOS Vulnerability-01 Sep14 (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 denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Multiple flaws are due to, - SnifferDecompress function does not prevent data overwrites, validate bitmask data, and does not properly handle empty input data. - Improper initialization of certain ID value in the dissect_spdu function under SES dissector. - Off-by-one error in the is_rtsp_request_or_reply function under the RTSP dissector. - The dissect_v9_v10_pdu_data function under Netflow dissector refers incorrect offset and start variables. - An error in tvb_raw_text_add function in MEGACO dissector
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark version 1.10.x before 1.10.10 and 1.12.x before 1.12.1 on Mac OS X
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to version 1.12.1, 1.10.10 or later.