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Wireshark LDP PPP and HSRP dissector Multiple Vulnerabilities (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
Errors in the HSRP, PPP and LDP dissectors when processing certain packets can be exploited to cause an infinite loop and consume CPU resources or a buffer overflow.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark versions 1.8.x prior to 1.8.3 on windows
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.8.3 or later.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50843/
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-27.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-26.html
- http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2012-29.html
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7668
- https://bugs.wireshark.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7581
- http://www.wireshark.org/download