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Wireshark DOS Vulnerability-02 Sep14 (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
8 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Flaws are due to, - Error in the get_quoted_string and get_unquoted_string functions in epan/dissectors/packet-cups.c in the CUPS dissector. - The dissect_hip_tlv function in epan/dissectors/packet-hip.c in the HIP dissector does not properly handle a NULL tree.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark version 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 Wireshark version 1.12.1 or later.