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Wireshark DOS Vulnerability-02 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
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.