Wireshark IEEE 802.11 Dissector Denial of Service Vulnerability (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Low
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
3.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
10 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in the IEEE 802.11 dissector can be exploited to cause an infinite loop via a specially crafted packet.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark versions 1.6.x before 1.6.6 on Mac OS X
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.6.6 or later.
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