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Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Mac OS X)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
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
4 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Wireshark and is prone to multiple denial of service vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
- An error related to an uninitialised variable within the CSN.1 dissector can be exploited to cause a crash. - A buffer exception handling vulnerability exists that can allow denial of service attacks when processing certain malformed packets. - An error within the OpenSafety dissector can be exploited to cause a large loop and crash the application.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark versions 1.6.x before 1.6.2 on Mac OS X
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to the Wireshark version 1.6.2 or later.