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Wireshark Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 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 unspecified error in 'packet.c' in the GSM A RR dissector caused via unknown vectors related to 'an uninitialized dissector handle, ' which triggers an assertion failure. - An unspecified error in the TLS dissector which can be exploited via unknown vectors related to TLS 1.2 conversations.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Wireshark version 1.2.0 to 1.2.1 on Windows

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Wireshark 1.2.2.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)