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Wireshark Multiple Denial-of-Service Vulnerabilities-01 August15 (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 multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
Multiple flaws exists due to, - An error in 'proto_tree_add_bytes_item' function in 'epan/proto.c' script in the protocol-tree implementation. - An error in 'wmem_block_split_free_chunk' function in 'epan/wmem/wmem_allocator_block.c' script in the wmem block allocator in the memory manager. - An error in 'dissector-table' implementation in 'epan/packet.c' script which mishandles table searches for empty strings. - An error in 'dissect_zbee_secure' function in 'epan/dissectors/packet-zbee-security.c' script in the ZigBee dissector. - Mishandling of datatype by 'epan/dissectors/packet-gsm_rlcmac.c' script in the GSM RLC/MAC dissector. - An error in 'dissect_wa_payload' function in 'epan/dissectors/packet-waveagent.c' script in the WaveAgent dissector. - Improper input validation of offset value by 'dissect_openflow_tablemod_v5' function in 'epan/dissectors/packet-openflow_v5.c' script. - Invalid data length checking by 'ptvcursor_add' function in the ptvcursor implementation in 'epan/proto.c' script. - An error in 'dissect_wccp2r1_address_table_info' function in 'epan/dissectors/packet-wccp.c' script.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark version 1.12.x before 1.12.7 on Mac OS X
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade Wireshark to version 1.12.7 or later.
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
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