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Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities Nov16 (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 are due to, - The AllJoyn dissector could crash with a buffer over-read, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. - The DCERPC dissector could crash with a use-after-free, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. - The DTN dissector could go into an infinite loop, triggered by network traffic or a capture file. - The OpenFlow dissector could crash with memory exhaustion, triggered by network traffic or a capture file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Wireshark version 2.2.0 to 2.2.1 and 2.0.0 to 2.0.7 on Mac OS X.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Wireshark version 2.2.2 or or 2.0.8 later.