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Wireshark 'M3UA' Denial of Service Vulnerability-01 Mar14 (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
General
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
10 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
Flaw is due to improper memory allocation by 'dissect_protocol_data_parameter' function within the M3UA dissector (epan/dissectors/packet-m3ua.c).
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark version 1.10.x before 1.10.6 on Windows
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark version 1.10.6 or later.